What is Sequoia Capital's success rate?

I can't answer this definitively, but broadly for VC firms it's like 1/10 work out well, 2-3/10 you make your money back, and the other 7/10 you lose most of your money. read more

We are looking not at these anecdotal success rates, but at annualized investment returns. Sequoia's worst fund since 1999 / 2000 returned 3% p.a. (IRR), the best one 11% (IRR). read more

Gates is certainly correct about the hit rate for venture capital. For every massive success, like Sequoia Capital’s investment in WhatsApp, there are many deals that go nowhere. The Kauffman Foundation has been investing in VC firms for more than 20 years. read more