A side-by-side comparison of two AI investors: Sequoia Capital (Power Score 82/100) and TCV (Power Score 81/100), both ranked among the most active firms tracked in this category.
| Sequoia Capital | TCV | |
|---|---|---|
| Power Score™ | 82/100 | 81/100 |
| Assets Managed | $56B+ | ~$24B raised since inception |
| Founded | 1972 | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Menlo Park, CA |
| Sectors | Enterprise Software, Consumer, AI, Semiconductors | Consumer Internet, SaaS, Fintech, Media, Cybersecurity, AI, Deep Tech |
Founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, a former Fairchild Semiconductor sales executive often called the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital," Sequoia was there for the first wave of the personal computer era, providing early funding to Apple and Atari. Over five decades it has repeated that pattern again and again - Google, PayPal, and Nvidia among them - building a reputation as the industry's steadiest and most consistent winner across multiple technology cycles.
View full Sequoia Capital profile →TCV was founded in 1995 by Jay Hoag and Rick Kimball as the original crossover investor - the first firm to invest in both public and private technology companies from the same fund, a structure the 'Crossover' in its original name (Technology Crossover Ventures) still reflects. That willingness to follow winners across the private-to-public transition, rather than exiting at IPO, is what produced Jay Hoag's three-decade board seat at Netflix, which he joined in 1999 when TCV owned roughly 43% of the company pre-IPO. The firm has since invested more than $17 billion across 350-plus technology companies worldwide, supporting more than 145 IPOs and strategic acquisitions including Facebook, Airbnb, Spotify, Zillow, and Expedia, and now manages approximately $24 billion.
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