Sequoia Capital

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Activity in this selectionJun 30, 2026 · Jun 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
5
Confirmed lead rounds
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5 roles undisclosed
New companies
5
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1.6B
5 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+3
Seed1
Undisclosed1

By primary sector

Defense tech2
Cybersecurity1
Developer tools1
Enterprise software1

By country

United States4
Germany1

Rounds

5 in this selection
Stark

Makes weaponised drones

€500MUndisclosed
Role not disclosed
Ent

Provides intent-aware workspace security platform that prevents AI-era threats across human and AI agent actions

$100MSeed
Role not disclosed
NinjaOne

Provides a unified IT operations platform for simplifying work

$400MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Mach Industries

Builds advanced unmanned aerial systems and vertically integrated manufacturing infrastructure for modern defense

$300MSeries C
Role not disclosed