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Sequoia Capital portfolio in San Francisco

Storied venture firm backing seed through pre-IPO across software and infrastructure. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

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Ranked by current headcount across Sequoia Capital-backed companies in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    Uber· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 155.6k employees
    • Founded 2009
  2. 2
    Airbnb· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 69.2k employees
    • Founded 2007
  3. 3
    Instacart· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Private equity
    • 24.3k employees
    • Founded 2012
  4. 4
    Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 14.7k employees
    • Founded 2010
  5. 5
    Remote· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 14.2k employees
    • Founded 2019
  6. 6
    Sunrun· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 10.3k employees
    • Founded 2007
  7. 7
    OpenAI· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 7.8k employees
    • Founded 2015
  8. 8
    Rippling· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series G
    • 7.2k employees
    • Founded 2016
  9. 9
    Okta· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 7.2k employees
    • Founded 2009
  10. 10
    Unity· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 7.1k employees
    • Founded 2004
  11. 11
    GitHub· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 6k employees
    • Founded 2008
  12. 12
    Reddit, Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series F
    • 4.7k employees
    • Founded 2005
  13. 13
    Clipboard· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 3.4k employees
    • Founded 2016
  14. 14
    Figma· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 2.9k employees
    • Founded 2012
  15. 15
    Gong· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 2.5k employees
    • Founded 2015
  16. 16
    Magic· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 1.8k employees
    • Founded 2014
  17. 17
    Vanta· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 1.7k employees
    • Founded 2018
  18. 18
    Zipline· South San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series H
    • 1.6k employees
    • Founded 2014
  19. 19
    Faire· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.5k employees
    • Founded 2017
  20. 20
    Mercury· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 1.5k employees
    • Founded 2017
  21. 21
    First Republic· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 1.5k employees
    • Founded 1985
  22. 22
    Zapier· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 1.4k employees
    • Founded 2011
  23. 23
    Armis· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 1.3k employees
    • Founded 2015
  24. 24
    Eventbrite· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 1.2k employees
    • Founded 2006
  25. 25
    Harvey· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series G
    • 1.1k employees
    • Founded 2022

Sequoia Capital portfolio companies in San Francisco

Sequoia Capital’s San Francisco portfolio is one of the most active recruiting pools in the market. The list above ranks Sequoia Capital-backed companies headquartered in San Francisco by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 188 matching companies in our index, you can see exactly where the Sequoia Capital thesis has landed locally.

Sequoia Capital companies in San Franciscotend to attract a specific type of operator — a founder or early hire bought into both the firm’s thesis and the city’s ecosystem. That makes the engineers and designers at these companies particularly valuable signals.

Refolk lets you reach this pool. Ask for Sequoia Capital companies in San Franciscohiring founding engineers” or “founders of Sequoia Capital-backed companies in San Francisco who left in the last year” and Refolk returns a ranked shortlist with evidence behind each match.

How this list is built

Refolk pulled companies whose disclosed Crunchbase investor list includes Sequoia Capital and whose HQ is in San Francisco, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 5 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 06:56:47 GMT

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