Sequoia Capital

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Activity in this selectionJan 31, 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
8
Confirmed lead rounds
1
7 roles undisclosed
New companies
8
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$2.8B
8 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+4
Pre-seed1
Seed1
Series A1
Undisclosed1

By primary sector

AI4
Cybersecurity1
Enterprise software1
Healthtech1
Industrial tech1

By country

United States6
France1
Germany1

Rounds

8 in this selection
MITO AI

Collaborative AI platform for video creation and editing

$4.5MPre-Seed
Role not disclosed
RobCo

Develops AI-driven robotic systems for industrial automation and autonomy

$100MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Flapping Airplanes

AI research company developing more efficient model training, GPU execution and inference.

$180MSeed
Lead
Ricursive Intelligence

Builds a next-generation platform that closes the recursive feedback loop between AI models and t...

$300MSeries A
Role not disclosed
OpenEvidence

Provides AI-powered medical search engine for clinicians

$250MSeries D
Role not disclosed
Pennylane

Provides financial management and accounting platform for startups, SMEs, and their accountants

$200MSeries E
Role not disclosed
Skild AI

Building a unified robotics foundation model for controlling robots

$1.4BUndisclosed
Role not disclosed
Cyera

Provides a data security and AI governance platform helping enterprises control what AI can see and do

$400MSeries F
Role not disclosed