Sequoia Capital portfolio in San Francisco

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DoorDash· San Francisco, California, United States
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly and always learn and reiterate to support merchants, Dashers and the communities we serve. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. Our leaders seek the truth and welcome big, hairy, audacious questions. We are grounded in our company values, and we make intentional decisions that are both logical and display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to Merchants to Customers.
- Post-IPO debt
- 83.2k employees
- Founded 2013
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Instacart· San Francisco, California, United States
Instacart is a leading grocery technology company that partners with more than 2,200 retail banners – representing nearly 100,000 stores – to transform how people shop for the groceries they need from the retailers they trust, while creating flexible earning opportunities for shoppers. Through the Instacart Marketplace, Instacart Enterprise platform, and Instacart Ads ecosystem, the company powers ecommerce, fulfillment, in-store technology, AI offerings, and advertising for partners. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.
- Private equity
- 25.3k employees
- Founded 2012
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Remote· San Francisco, California, United States
Global employment runs on Remote. Employing and paying people across borders is complex. Every country has different employment laws, tax codes, payroll rules, and compliance requirements. Getting it wrong has real legal and financial consequences.Remote is the intelligent infrastructure built to solve exactly this. One system of record for EOR, global payroll, PEO, contractor management, and compliant payments, worldwide. In-house experts in every country we operate in, infrastructure we own and run ourselves. Built to connect with any HRIS, tool, or AI agent your business already runs on.The infrastructure trusted by the world's leading HR platforms for global payroll and EOR. A regulated payments institution with owned entities operating across the world.This is not software. This is infrastructure... so the world can get to work.To learn more or book a demo, visit remote.com. To join our team, visit remote.com/careers.
- Series C
- 18.8k employees
- Founded 2019
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Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
- Secondary
- 17.1k employees
- Founded 2010
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Faire· San Francisco, California, United States
Faire is a wholesale technology platform empowering brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.
- Secondary
- 10.9k employees
- Founded 2017

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OpenAI· San Francisco, California, United States
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
- Series unknown
- 10.7k employees
- Founded 2015
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Amplitude· San Francisco, California, United States
We help companies unlock the power of their products. ⚡• Join the team: http://amplitude.com/careers• Join the community: http://community.amplitude.com
- Secondary
- 10.1k employees
- Founded 2012
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Okta· San Francisco, California, United States
Okta, Inc. is The World’s Identity CompanyTM. We secure identity, so everyone is free to safely use any technology. Our customer and workforce solutions empower businesses and developers to use the power of Identity to drive security, efficiencies, and success — all while protecting their users, employees, and partners. Learn why the world’s leading brands trust Okta.
- Post-IPO equity
- 7.9k employees
- Founded 2009
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Rippling· San Francisco, California, United States
Rippling is a workforce management system that eliminates the friction from running a business. Today, most companies struggle with everything from routine tasks, like running payroll, to cross-functional planning, like aligning on headcount. That’s because all their data related to people, processes, and systems is scattered in a hundred places. Rippling has every application you need to run your business—from applicant tracking and payroll to IT and expenses—in one place. But unlike other systems, Rippling sits on top of a unified platform. Data flows dynamically between Rippling’s applications, giving every team a shared source of truth, the power to automate processes, and access to the insights they need. This allows your business to execute better, faster.Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock.Get help: rippling.com/contactLicensing details: https://app.rippling.com/licensing
- Series G
- 7.8k employees
- Founded 2016
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Notion· San Francisco, California, United States
Notion blends your everyday work tools into one. Product roadmap? Company wiki? Meeting notes? With Notion, they're all in one place, and totally customizable to meet the needs of any workflow. It's the all-in-one workspace for you, your team, and your whole company. We humans are toolmakers by nature, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use every day — arguably our most powerful tool. Our team at Notion is on a mission to make it possible for everyone to shape the tools that shape their lives.
- Secondary
- 7.6k employees
- Founded 2016

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Sequoia Capital portfolio companies in San Francisco

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