Sequoia Capital

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Activity in this selectionDefense tech

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
7
Confirmed lead rounds
0
6 roles undisclosed
New companies
6
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$2.1B
7 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+3
Series B2
Seed1
Undisclosed1

By primary sector

Defense tech6
Mobility1

By country

United States6
Germany1

Rounds

7 in this selection
Warhound

Warhound develops working dogs for military, law-enforcement and emergency-response teams.

$200MSeed
Participant
Mach Industries

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

$600MSeries C continuation
Role not disclosed
Neros Technologies

Designs and manufactures autonomous and interceptor drones for military applications

$250MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Senra Systems

Software-driven manufacturing company modernizing wire harness production

$65MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Stark

Makes weaponised drones

€500MUndisclosed
Role not disclosed
Mach Industries

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

$300MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Nominal

Offers software for hardware engineers to test designs

$80MSeries B+
Role not disclosed