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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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Sequoia Invests in Venture Capitalists

Doug and Rasha were a little intimidated by the prospect of getting full venture capitalists involved yet. They met with Samir Gandhi, who's now at Excel, but he was Sequoia on a Friday. Mike Moritz, kind of the godfather of Sequoia came to their apartment on Saturday morning. Doug: "We had a handshake deal on Monday and then money in the bank a week after that"

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