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Sequoia Capital

VC Firm·Menlo Park, California, USA·$56B AUM; latest $950M early-stage funds (2025)

Sequoia Capital is a global venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed stage through to growth, investing in technology companies across AI, enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, cybersecurity, and consumer sectors. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Menlo Park, the firm also operates a London office covering Europe and Israel. Sequoia manages approximately $56 billion in assets and has backed companies including Apple, NVIDIA, Airbnb, SpaceX, and OpenAI. The firm provides hands-on operational support alongside capital.

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Graphcore

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Semiconductors·Acquired

Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI semiconductor company founded in 2016 by serial semiconductor entrepreneurs Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles. Toon previously led XMOS and Picochip, while Knowles co-founded Element14 (acquired by Broadcom) and Icera (acquired by NVIDIA for $435M). The company developed Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs), novel AI accelerators designed from the ground up for machine learning workloads, alongside the proprietary Poplar graph programming framework. Graphcore raised $767M in total funding, reaching a $2.77B valuation, with backing from Sequoia Capital, Atomico, Amadeus, Microsoft, and others. In July 2024, SoftBank Group acquired Graphcore for approximately $500M to $600M. The company continues to operate from Bristol with plans to expand its UK headcount to 750.