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Sequoia Capital (Part 1)

Acquired

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How Does Sequoia Stack Up Against Public Market Accessibility?

The NASDAQ between 1975 and 1990 grew about 6.5x with a couple of pretty serious hiccups in the middle where it lost 30% of its value. Sequoia was probably averaging a 50 to 60% IRR on their funds during this period, David says. And so now if you assume Sequoia is taking as carried interests, you know, probably in the early days, I believe now they're at 30% carried interest that they take on their funds.

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