{"id":342643,"date":"2017-06-03T05:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T21:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1499038"},"modified":"2017-06-03T05:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T21:29:06","slug":"sequoia-raised-4-billion-across-four-funds-including-2-billion-for-its-growth-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/sequoia-raised-4-billion-across-four-funds-including-2-billion-for-its-growth-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequoia raised $4 billion across four funds, including $2 billion for its growth fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Sequoia Capital has raised $4 billion in funding for a variety of funds, according to SEC filings released yesterday. That includes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1656515\/000165651517000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">$2 billion for its second growth fund<\/a>, the size of which had previously not been announced.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its growth fund, a filing for Sequoia\u2019s China Growth Fund IV, which was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1666130\/000166613016000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">launched early last year<\/a>, showed that the firm had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1666130\/000166613017000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">raised $900 million<\/a>\u00a0to invest in startups in that market. Another filing for Sequoia Capital India IV, a fund that\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1599939\/000159993914000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">been around since 2014<\/a>, revealed that the firm had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1599939\/000159993917000002\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">raised about $700 million<\/a> for that market.<\/p>\n<p>Also among the filings was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1556027\/000155602717000002\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">Sequoia\u2019s fourteenth U.S. fund<\/a>, which saw its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1556027\/000155602712000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">first filing drop<\/a> back in 2012. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1556027\/000155602713000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">followup filing<\/a>\u00a0in 2013 unveiled that the amount raised totaled $475 million. The latest filing shows that it <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1556027\/000155602717000002\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn\u2019t grown since then<\/a>, although the fund is still not closed, suggesting that Sequoia could raise more capital to invest in startups backed in that vintage.<\/p>\n<p>A representative from Sequoia declined to comment on the filings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sequoia Capital has raised $4 billion in funding for a variety of funds, according to SEC filings released yesterday. That includes $2 billion for its second growth fund, the size of which had previously not been announced. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/06\/02\/sequoia-2-billion-growth-fund\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=JkxWcL4pIrQ:jJe_pIgXkrs:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/JkxWcL4pIrQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-342643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}