The Huge Value Sequoia Capital And Other Venture Capitalists Help Create

Last week I sat down with Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha to prepare for tomorrow's Super Angels To Super VCs ? The Changing Face Of Venture Capital panel at TechCrunch Disrupt. As part of that conversation I asked about some of the big exits that Sequoia-backed startups have enjoyed over the last couple of years. After naming a few I became more curious and asked for more data. Sequoia supplied it, and the dollar amounts are...really large. I looked at the current value of Sequioa-backed companies that IPO'd in the last two years, and the acquisition value of the companies that were acquired. The total? Over $12 billion:

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