Carl Eschenbach

VCInvestor

Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital

sequoiacap.com/people/carl-es...San Francisco Bay Area

Current Investing Position

Sequoia Capital Venture Partner

Investment Range

$10.0M - $200.0M

Sweet Spot

$25.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$195M

Carl Eschenbach is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cloud Infrastructure (Series B)Consumer Internet (Series B)San Francisco Bay Area Enterprise Infrastructure (Series B)

Carl Eschenbach's Investments On Record (12)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Cresta	Series DNov 2024$130M Series BMar 2021$50M	$200M
Co-investors: Saam Motamedi (Greylock), Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Rob Theis, Andy Bechtolsheim
Kumo.AI	Series BSep 2022$18M	$37M
Co-investors: Sridhar Ramaswamy (Greylock), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Rob Eldridge (Tapas Capital), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Michael Stoppelman
Grafana Labs	Series DApr 2022$240M Series CAug 2021$220M	$800M
Co-investors: Gaurav Gupta (Lightspeed Venture Partners), David Schneider (Coatue)
Salt Security	Series DFeb 2022$140M Series CMay 2021$70M Series BDec 2020$30M	$270M
Co-investors: Marius Nacht (Cyberstarts VC), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Tom Banahan (Tenaya Capital), James Luo (CapitalG), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Ayala (Aya) Peterburg (S Capital VC), René Bonvanie (Cyberstarts VC), Haim Sadger (S Capital VC)
Retool	Series CDec 2021$20M Series BOct 2020$50M Series AApr 2019$25M	$140M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Caryn Marooney (Coatue), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Jay Simons (Bond), John Collison, Elad Gil, Patrick Collison, Derrick Li, Peter Reinhardt, Joshua Reeves
Gong	Series EJun 2021$250M Series DAug 2020$200M Series CDec 2019$65M	$580M
Co-investors: Peter Wagner (Wing Venture Capital), Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), Alex Kayyal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dror Nahumi (Norwest Venture Partners), Ben Fu (NewView Capital), Sunil Chhaya (Kearny Jackson), Rob Biederman (Asymmetric Capital Partners), Ryan Biggs (Franklin Templeton Investments), Giora Kaplan, Abrahami Avishai, Shlomo Kramer
Aurora	Series BJun 2019$600M	$690M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Bennett Cohen (Piva Capital), Chris Park (UL Ventures)
Armis Security	Series CApr 2019$65M	$440M
Co-investors: Mark Crane (General Catalyst), Jeff Horing (Insight Partners), Yaniv Stern (Red Dot Capital Partners), Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts VC), Mickey Boodaei (Cyberstarts VC), René Bonvanie (Cyberstarts VC), Zohar Zisapel, Rakesh K. Loonkar