Fundraising Fox

Carl Eschenbach

Investor

Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $10M – $200M checks · typically $25M

FoundedRaintank

Midas 2023 · #84Midas 2022 · #76Midas 2021 · #43

Experience

  1. Sequoia CapitalPartnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Sequoia CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2022 — present
  3. Sequoia CapitalPartner2016 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. WorkdayStrategic Advisor to the CEO2026
  5. WorkdayChief Executive Officer2024 — 2026
  6. WorkdayBoard Member2018 — 2026
  7. WorkdayCo-CEO2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  8. VMwarePresident and Chief Operating Officer2002 — 2016Palo Alto, CA
  9. Inktomi CorporationVP, North America Sales1999 — 2002Foster City, CA
  10. EMCGlobal Accounts Executive2002Greater New York City Area
  11. Alcatel-LucentSales Director1999
  12. 3ComRegional Sales Director1996 — 1999New Jersey
  13. Network Equipment TechnologiesSystem Engineer1987 — 1996New Jersey

Education

  1. DeVry UniversityElectronics Technician

Skills & more

VMwareCloud ComputingSalesManagementLeadership

From Carl's professional profile.

Deals · 6

RaintankBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Mar 2026 · $250M raise

Salt SecurityBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Jun 2021 · $70M raise

Gong i.oBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Jun 2021 · $250M raise

TrueraBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed May 2020 · $264.5M raise

Aurora InnovationBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Sep 2019 · $69.5M raise

Pivotal SoftwareBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed May 2016 · $653M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Sequoia Capital

Abhishek Malani
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Amira Yahyaoui
Scout at Sequoia Capital
Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Andrew Reed
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Anne Marie Boidock
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Bill Coughran
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Bogomil Balkansky
Home chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer

Network2

Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Andrew Reed
Partner at Sequoia Capital

Investors connected to Carl in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Carl Eschenbach work?
Carl Eschenbach is Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital.
What check size does Carl Eschenbach write?
Carl Eschenbach typically writes checks of $10M – $200M.
What companies did Carl Eschenbach found?
Carl Eschenbach founded Raintank.

Same school

Also attended DeVry University4

Kazuhiro KobayashiHead of Japan at Sozo VenturesDavid RacichGeneral Partner at AcrylicRon BernalVenture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Michael PanesisAngel at Tech Coast Angels

Shared employers

Also worked at Sequoia Capital175

Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups; All-In co-hostAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm

+ 169 more

Also worked at Workday47

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra Ventures

+ 41 more

Also worked at VMware101

Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesBogomil BalkanskyHome chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographerPeter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture Partners

+ 95 more

Also worked at EMC157

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaSujal PatelStrategic Director at Madrona Venture GroupAtli ThorkelssonVP of Network at Redpoint VenturesGil GorenPartner at 83NorthMichael KlaykoOperating Executive at Marlin Equity Partners

+ 151 more