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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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
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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
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