# Donald Valentine

> Donald Valentine is a Series A investor at Sequoia Capital backing Hardware and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 1987
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-valentine-38a69ab/

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 100% |
| Communications Infrastructure | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cisco | 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 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Sequoia Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services,healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.

5 contacts available at Sequoia Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anas Biad | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anas-biad |
| Andrew Lee | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-lee |
| Carl Eschenbach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-eschenbach |
| Caroline Fu | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-fu |
| Donald Valentine | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-valentine |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Donald Valentine last invest?

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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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