Sequoia Expands Seed Investing Team as Rivals Loom

Sequoia Capital, already one of the most influential venture capital firms in the world, is putting more boots on the ground to make sure it doesn’t miss out on the next big early-stage startups. 

In an unusually large expansion of its investing team, Sequoia has hired four new partners—Bogomil Balkansky, Konstantine Buhler, Shaun Maguire and Josephine Chen—to bolster its ability to bet on seed-stage startups, where some of the most lucrative venture investments occur. Sequoia is already widely envied for its prowess in that category through its blockbuster bets on WhatsApp, Google and others. Its success, though, has attracted growing competition from investors seeking to horn in on such deals.