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Donald Thomas Valentine (June 26, 1932 – October 25, 2019) was an American venture capitalist who concentrated mainly on technology companies in the United States. As the founder of Sequoia Capital, he has been referred to as the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital".
Oct 25, 2019 · Don Valentine, a venture capitalist who founded Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that helped cement the area’s rise as a technology hub, died on Friday at his home in...
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Oct 25, 2019 · Don Valentine, the founder of famed Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia Capital, died Friday at age 87 in his home in Woodside, Calif. Valentine founded Sequoia in 1972, and made early...
Sequoia was founded by Don Valentine in 1972 in Menlo Park, California, [7] [8] at a time when the state's venture capital industry was just beginning to develop. [9] [10] Sequoia formed its first venture capital fund in 1974, [9] [11] and was an early investor in Atari the next year.
Oct 24, 2019 · Don Valentine, a founding father of Silicon Valley’s startup ecosystem whose legacy includes the Sequoia venture firm along with tech giants like Cisco Systems and Apple, died on Friday. He was 87.
Oct 25, 2019 · Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine passed way at his home in Woodside, Ca., today at age 87 of natural causes. Sequoia posted a tribute to Valentine shortly afterward, calling him “one of...
Oct 25, 2019 · Don Valentine, the longtime founding venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital who led investments in Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Electronic Arts Inc. and many other iconic Silicon Valley...
