Etched
Designs AI inference hardware systems combining specialized chips, racks and software.
$300MSeries C
Role not disclosedSC
Sequoia Capital
sequoiacap.com ↗Activity from announced rounds
Activity in this selectionJul 31, 2026 · AI · Jul 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.
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- Rounds participated in
- 3
- Confirmed lead rounds
- — 3 roles undisclosed
- New companies
- 3 First participation on record · 0 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $725M 3 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share
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3 in this selectionBunkerhill Health
Bunkerhill Health builds an agentic AI platform for health systems to turn their ideas into reality
$25MSeries B
Role not disclosedChai Discovery
Building AI models to accelerate pre-clinical drug discovery
$400MSeries C
Role not disclosed