Sequoia’s scout programme has helped the American VC firm source some of its portfolio champions: most notably Stripe, which is now worth $159bn.
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September 11, 2026
Meet the Sequoia venture scouts hunting for deals in Europe
Scouts are typically allotted a small pot of capital between $100k-1m
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Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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