Interview

December 21, 2020

Sequoia’s scouts in Europe

The famed scout programme from US VC firm Sequoia has launched in Europe. We meet the scouts.


Amy Lewin

7 min read

Roxanne Varza, director of startup incubator Station F

In 2020 Sequoia, the US VC firm behind Google, Airbnb, DoorDash, WhatsApp and Instagram, quietly set up shop in Europe. It hired its first partner on the continent, Luciana Lixandru, formerly of Accel, along with George Robson, formerly of Revolut, and Zoe Jervier-Hewitt, formerly of EQT Ventures, as head of talent. It opened an office in London and dodged industry and press speculation for months — granting just a handful of interviews.

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Jaren Glover, a Sequoia scout
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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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