Jim Goetz
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Menlo Park, CA
Writes $1M – $200M checks · typically $10M
Midas 2020 · #65Midas 2019 · #4Midas 2018 · #3Midas 2017 · #1Midas 2016 · #1Midas 2015 · #1Midas 2014 · #1Midas 2013 · #7Midas 2012 · #28Midas 2011
About
Jim Goetz is a partner at Sequoia Capital best known for leading the firm's investment in WhatsApp, where a roughly $60 million position returned $3.5 billion in Facebook's 2014 acquisition. He stepped back from Sequoia's leadership in 2017 but continues to invest and serve on boards, with a long enterprise track record spanning AdMob, GitHub and Palo Alto Networks.
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Nikesh Arora’s decade at Google, spent debating technology strategy and organizational design with some of the best minds in tech, shaped a conviction that still holds today: the future of the enterprise will be defined as much by organizational design as by technology itself. https://t.co/PYOKkr2zLO
Jun 30, 2026 · ♥ 67 · ⇄ 4
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if you’re early in your career, this is the kind of opportunity you should chase. work alongside some of the best minds in cybersecurity as they rethink the architecture for an increasingly offensive and agentic world. hard problems, elite teammates willing to mentor and steep https://t.co/BLONiDiBp5
May 12, 2026 · ♥ 9 · ⇄ 1
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isaac @0xine just dropped one of the more thoughtful takes on mythos and the broader direction of code security. the headline is simple but uncomfortable: this wave meaningfully favors offense. @semgrep @sequoia @PaloAltoNtwks @okta https://t.co/1sd22prAyw
Apr 20, 2026 · ♥ 8 · ⇄ 2
Invests in
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Deals · 3
VERSA NETWORKS, INC.Board seat
via Sequoia Capital · filed Oct 2022 · $75M raise
GitHub, Inc.Board seat
via Sequoia Capital · filed Aug 2015 · $251M raise
FliteBoard seat
via Sequoia Capital · filed Jul 2015 · $3M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Jim GoetzBusiness Plans: Jim Goetz, Sequoia Capital
Stanford Graduate School of Business
