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December 18, 2024

Longtime Sequoia partner Matt Miller departs to start his own Europe fund

The VC, who helped establish Sequoia’s European presence, invested in Graphcore and briefly sat on Klarna’s board

Anne Sraders and Amy Lewin

2 min read

Sequoia Capital growth partner Matt Miller has announced he’s departing the Silicon Valley VC firm after 12 years to strike out on his own and build a Europe-focused venture fund. London-based Miller wrote on X and LinkedIn that he plans to "start my own fund focused on the great founders of Europe". 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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