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.
Sequoia Capital is a VC firm that invests in startups in the energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile industries.
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.
Expanse is an enterprise software company that provides an updated view of all internet-connected assets that belong to an organization.
Raised $135,970,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, TPG Growth, Employee Stock Option Fund, Peter Thiel, Taylor Glover, IVP, Founders Fund and Arianna Huffington.
Partner
2016 - 2019
Led or co-led the A in: Dandelion Energy, IonQ ($IONQ), Lambda School, Spinlaunch Investor in: Clutter, Mode.net (acq by $VMW), Opendoor ($OPEN), Stripe; and sourced Segment (acq by $TWLO)
Google Ventures is an investment arm of Alphabet that provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to technology companies.
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."
DARPA is a central research and development organization for the US Department of Defense.
Algorithmic Trading Group
2008 - 2008
DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities.