Sequoia Capital

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Activity in this selectionOct 6, 2026 · Consumer · Jul 9, 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
1
Confirmed lead rounds
0
All roles disclosed
New companies
1
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1B
1 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+1

By primary sector

AI1

By country

United States1

Rounds

1 in this selection
Instinct

Develops a personal AI assistant that carries out everyday tasks through text and phone calls.

$1BSeries C
Participant