Donald Valentine
Founder @ Sequoia Capital
Menlo Park, United States
Donald Valentine is a Series A investor at Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park focused on Hardware and Software. Don Valentine is a venture capitalist at Prior to starting Sequoia Capital, Donwas a Founder of National Semiconductor and a senior sales and marketing executive with Fairchild Semiconductor.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Donald Valentine invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Hardware 1 (100%)
- Software 1 (100%)
- Enterprise Software 1 (100%)
- Communications Infrastructure 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Cisco is a technology company specializing in networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment. The company continues to offer a wide range of networking solutions, including routers, switches, network security products, wireless and mobility solutions, collaboration tools, data center technologies, and more. Cisco's productsand services are still used by businesses, organizations, service providers, and individuals to build and manage networks, facilitate communication, and enhance connectivity across various industries. | $2.5M / Series A / Jan 01, 1987 |
About Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital provides capital alongside strategic guidance, supporting areas such as product development, company building, and market expansion. The firm engages with a limited number of companies at a time, working closely with leadership teams throughout the business lifecycle. Sequoia Capital focuses on long-term partnerships, often entering at the idea or formation stage and remaining involved as companies scale and mature. Its approach emphasizes collaboration among its internal team and portfolio founders, drawing on shared experience to address operational and strategic challenges.
Sequoia Capital Contacts
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Anas Biad
Partner
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Andrew Lee
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Carl Eschenbach
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Caroline Fu
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Donald Valentine
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What does Donald Valentine invest in?
Donald Valentine invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Donald Valentine closed in Jan 1987. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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