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Shaun Maguire

Partner at Sequoia Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2019 - Current

    Fortunate to have partnered with companies including: AMP Robotics, Knowde, Vise, Watershed, Gather.town, Physna, Monad, SpaceX and many more Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We spur founders to push the boundaries of what’s possible. In partnering with Sequoia, companies benefit from 47 years of tribal knowledge from working with founders like Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, Adi Tatarko, Julia Hartz and Jack Dorsey. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 20% of NASDAQ's total value. From the beginning, non-profits have been the backbone of our LP base, which means founders’ accomplishments make a meaningful difference. The majority of our profits – over $16 billion since 2000 alone – are returned to great causes, like the Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic and MIT.

  • Board Member

    2021

    $LAZR. Been an advisor to the company since the beginning

  • Co-Founder and Chairman

    2012 - 2020

    Acquired by Palo Alto Networks ($PANW) for $1B in December 2020.

  • Partner

    2016 - 2019

    Led or co-led the A in: Dandelion Energy, IonQ ($IONQ), Lambda School, Spinlaunch Investor in: Clutter, Mode.net (acq by $VMW), Opendoor ($OPEN), Stripe; and sourced Segment (acq by $TWLO)

  • Co-Founder

    2010 - 2015

    Failed space launch company

  • Consultant

    2010 - 2012

    Deployed to Afghanistan in support of DARPA's mission. Was part of a team that received a Joint Meritorious Unit Award. This was "an opportunity for a techno-geek to serve his country."

  • Algorithmic Trading Group

    2008 - 2008

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