SequoiaCapital participates in the operation of Sequoia Capital China, but it is not wholly owned. There are also partners Zhang Fan, former director of Defengjie Global Fund, and Shen Nanpeng, former president and CFO of Ctrip.

Regarding independence, all companies invested by Sequoia are independent, but Sequoia is a shareholder and belongs to venture capital.

Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972, is the largest VC in the world. It invested in Apple Computer, Cisco, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Yahoo, Google and PayPal. The total market value of companies invested by Sequoia exceeds 10% of the total market value of Nasdaq. Since most American high-tech enterprises are concentrated in California, the company once claimed that its investment has never exceeded the 40-mile radius of Silicon Valley. At present, Sequoia Capital * * * manages 65,438+08 funds with a total capital of over USD 4 billion; Invested in more than 500 companies, of which more than 200 were successfully listed, and 100 were successfully withdrawn through mergers and acquisitions.