Sequoia Arc
Sequoia Capital·United States
Bi-annual open call for pre-seed and seed founders, built around a four-day Arc Intensive; Sequoia publishes no standard cheque size or equity percentage.
What you get
Can you apply
Arc is for outlier early stage founders at the pre-seed and seed stage, open to founders in the Americas and Europe. On standard terms: "No. Every new pre-seed or seed stage partnership with Sequoia is unique. As such any terms are company specific."
When
Not open right now, and no next round has been announced.
Past rounds
- Arc Fall '25closed 17 Aug 2025
What Sequoia Capital funds
Runs Arc, a bi-annual open call and company-building immersion for pre-seed and seed founders in the Americas and Europe, anchored on a four-day Arc Intensive. Investment terms are negotiated per company rather than published as a standard deal.
Everything Sequoia Capital funds →Details
Arc is Sequoia's company-building programme for early-stage founders it partners with, run as a bi-annual open call in the Americas and Europe with small cohorts. Unlike a standard accelerator, Sequoia explicitly declines to publish fixed terms: every pre-seed or seed partnership is negotiated individually, so both the amount and the equity percentage are unknown rather than zero. The regional restriction to the Americas and Europe is stated as a region, not as a country list, so `countries` is left null.