Sequoia Capital

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Activity in this selectionGermany · Oct 24, 2026 · Jan 1, 2026

Sequoia Capital backs founders from the earliest stages of company formation through growth. Arc is its entry point for pre-seed and seed teams.

Arc is Sequoia’s twice-yearly open call for pre-seed and seed founders. The programme includes a four-day intensive focused on customer understanding, product-market fit, team building and growth strategy.

Sequoia can invest before a business has revenue or even a settled product idea. Its Arc materials describe backing NVIDIA as a founding team and Wiz before its initial idea was fixed, illustrating the company-formation stage at which a founder can engage.

Sources
Rounds participated in
3
Confirmed lead rounds
0
2 roles undisclosed
New companies
2
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$669.6M
2 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Undisclosed2
Series C+1

By primary sector

Industrial tech2
Defense tech1

By country

Germany3

Rounds

3 in this selection
RobCo

Develops AI-driven robotic systems for industrial automation and autonomy

UndisclosedPrimary investment and employee secondary transaction
Participant
Stark

Makes weaponised drones

€500MUndisclosed
Role not disclosed
RobCo

Develops AI-driven robotic systems for industrial automation and autonomy

$100MSeries C
Role not disclosed