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• Voting machine producers criticize critiques

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:19 pm

  Tags: Diebold, E Voting, Evoting, Hacked, Hacker, Hart, Sequoia, Voting Machines, Votingmachines

  Hart InterCivic, and Sequoia Voting Systems all had less-than-amicable responses to a state study that "found that their machines could be breached by hackers." Of course, we're not exactly sure what all that groaning is about, as we've seen nothing but proof to back the investigation up. Nevertheless, Sequoia dubbed the review "an

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• Conflicts Of Interest: TechCrunch40's VC sponsors

  Published: September 18, 2007, 12:35 pm

  Tags: Charles River Ventures, Clearstone Venture Partners, Conflicts Of Interest, Mahalo, Mayfield Fund, Michael Arrington, Sequoia Capital, Techcrunch, Techcrunch20, Techcrunch40, Top

  Surely the sponsors -- Sequoia Capital, which has backed Calacanis's Mahalo; Mayfield Fund; Charles River Ventures; and Clearstone Venture Partners -- would heartily approve of this scheme. It's brilliant. Ingenious. My hat is off to you, Jason and Michael, if you have indeed pulled this off.

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• Superficial: Michael Moritz, what are you doing with your shoes?

  Published: September 17, 2007, 7:45 pm

  Tags: Chad Hurley, David Filo, Marc Andreessen, Michael Moritz, Ning, Sequoia, Superficial, Yahoo, Youtube

  and khakis combo, and Sequoia Capital uber-investor Michael Moritz. Oh, Michael. He's Welsh, so he's always dressed a bit more snappily than the normal tech layperson, which is a good thing. But what on earth is he doing with his shoes? Hoping to change into slippers and a cardigan like a powerful Mr. Rogers? Or just nervously squirming in

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• Rumormonger: RockYou wanted to pay $2M to draw on your wall

  Published: September 25, 2007, 6:31 pm

  Tags: Facebook, Rockyou, Rumormonger, Sequoia Capital

  which almost cost backer Sequoia Capital its investment. Here's what they thought one high-profile app was worth. We hear RockYou made a quiet pitch to the developers of Facebook application Graffiti soon after the Facebook platform launched. The offer? $2 million for the viral success story, mere weeks after it was introduced. The most

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• Sequoia Capital backs Tokbox: YouTube redux?

  Published: October 15, 2007, 11:26 am

  Tags: Funding, Online, Sequoia Capital, Sequoiacapital, Technology, Tokbox, Venture Capital, Venturecapital, Video

  big thing, TechnologyWhen Sequoia Capital does a venture deal, people listen. The firm has backed such companies as Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and YouTube. Well, Sequoia is making another play in the video space; that is, it has arranged a $4 million investment in TokBox. With TokBox, you can make video

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• Google: Michael Moritz breaks a sweat

  Published: October 17, 2007, 8:54 pm

  Tags: Google, Michael Moritz, Sequoia Capital, Web 2 0 Sumit

  2.0 SUMMIT -- Sequoia Capital Michael Moritz, the hottest venture capitalist in the Valley, and perhaps the world, is always smooth and comfortable, and his appearance at this conference is proving no exception. Save, that is, when discussing his departure from Google's board. Questioned by author John Heilemann about why he left, Moritz

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• Bubble 2.0: "I assume there will be carcasses strewn ...

  Published: October 17, 2007, 8:38 pm

  Tags: Bubble 2 0, Michael Moritz, Quotable, Sequoia Capital, Venture Capital, Web 2 0 Summit

  "I assume there will be carcasses strewn across the road." -- Sequoia Capital VC Michael Moritz, forecasting the future of the Web industry at Web 2.0 Summit. On the cheery side, he says things are not as frighteningly frothy as they were in 1999.

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• Acquisitions: Cisco snags Navini

  Published: October 23, 2007, 12:19 pm

  Tags: Acquisitions, Cisco, Mike Goguen, Navini, Sequoia, Wimax, Wireless

  Navini had been backed by Sequoia, among numerous others, but VentureBeat points out Sequoia declined to participate in its sixth funding round last May. Sequoia Partner Mike Goguen is a Navini board member and we presume Sequoia is glad to cash out if they didn't think the company was worth continued investment. (Photo by AP/Paul Sakuma)

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• Sequoia Capital wants in on China's wealth explosion

  Published: October 23, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: China, Sequoia Capital, Sequoiacapital, Venture Capital, Venturecapital, Wealth Management, Wealthmanagement

  Cisco Systems (CSCO), ChinaSequoia Capital is a pioneer of the venture capital space, having invested in such game-changing companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). No doubt, they've helped create many millionaires -- and some billionaires. Well, the same thing is now happening in China, although

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• Deals: Facebook CFO Gideon Yu never, ever sleeps. ...

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:03 am

  Tags: Deals, Facebook, Gideon Yu, Sequoia Capital, Social Networks, Venture Capital

  financing round. I wonder if Sequoia Capital, shut out of earlier Facebook rounds, was still trying this time. [The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs]

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• At Meebo party, everyone's measuring themselves [Party Report]

  Published: October 30, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: Feature, Google, Meebo, Party Report, Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital, Top

  and they're all funded by Sequoia Capital. Which would explain the presence of Sequoia's newest golden-boy partner, Roelof Botha, at the event. He stood out in his suit jacket and had an aura around him as green as a dollar. He walked around the room and every startup founder tensed, worrying that they would somehow screw up in his

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• Facebook Denies Offering To Buy For Chinese Social Net Zhanzuo

  Published: November 19, 2007, 2:27 pm

  Tags: Britain, Britain, China, Sina, Acquainted, Acquisition, Attributing, Chinese, College Network, Facebook, Funding, Information, Intended, Jack Zhang, Lucrative, Money Amp Amp Stuff, Report, Second Round, Sequoia, Sets, Source, Tells, Times, Zhanzuo, Zuckerberg

  "Updated: Facebook PR writes in to us and says the Times UK report is false, and says: no read more

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• AdBrite, the San Francisco-based online ad ... [Adbrite]

  Published: November 29, 2007, 4:11 pm

  Tags: Adbrite, Artis Capital Management, Sequoia Capital

  AdBrite, the San Francisco-based online ad network, raised $23 million as disclosed in a regulatory filing found by PE Hub. Sequoia Capital, previously a backer, continued to invest in this round, along Artis Capital Management, a hedge fund which is relatively cozy with the Sand Hill Road giant. [PE Hub]

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• AdBrite makes clean break with porn-ad partner [Online Advertising]

  Published: November 29, 2007, 8:32 pm

  Tags: Adbrite, Avn, Black Label Ads, Online Advertising, Philip Kaplan, Porn, Sequoia Capital

  -- was a requirement before Sequoia Capital and other investors put in their latest investment, a $23 million financing round for the online ad network. Not that investors have entirely quelled their concerns about AdBrite being in the porn business. The new site, Black Label Ads, attempts to disguise the AdBrite connection -- except in its

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• Next On Sequoia's Investment List: Kenshoo

  Published: December 11, 2007, 12:16 pm

  Tags: News, Finance, Kenshoo, Search, Sem, Sequoia Capital

  automated solutions and Sequoia Capital. Kenshoo's flagship product, KENSHOO SEARCH, is an end-to-end SEM platform which automates the process of building and optimizing cross channel search campaigns. Mike Moritz, Partner at Sequoia Capital stated search' is the six letter puzzle facing advertisers and advertising agencies around the

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