{"id":752339,"date":"2026-11-09T14:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sequoia-partners-reportedly-blindsided-when-roelof-botha-joined-spacex-board\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:10:30","slug":"sequoia-partners-reportedly-blindsided-when-roelof-botha-joined-spacex-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sequoia-partners-reportedly-blindsided-when-roelof-botha-joined-spacex-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequoia partners reportedly blindsided when Roelof Botha joined SpaceX board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sequoia Capital announced some major changes this week, including the closure of its London office, the merger of its early-stage and growth teams, and the end of its Scouts program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the Financial Times has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/abf66424-1738-4c1b-9d6b-a868be30b474?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">published a report<\/a> painting all of this as an attempt to undo the legacy of former leader Roelof Botha, who stepped down as the firm\u2019s steward last year. An unnamed source told the FT that Botha \u201cloved process and hierarchy,\u201d while \u201cthe rest of the team didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently, not everyone is on-board with the changes, with another source firing back that this seems like an \u201cerasure of Sequoia\u2019s heritage, not Roelof\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The break between Botha and his old firm reportedly deepened after Botha joined the SpaceX board this summer. (Botha and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk previously worked together at PayPal.) A source told the FT that Sequoia\u2019s partners were blindsided by the announcement, because Botha \u201cdidn\u2019t ask compliance, he didn\u2019t get sign off from the partnership\u201d \u2014 even though his new role could complicate the firm\u2019s ability to trade its $20 billion stake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Sequoia spokesperson said that the firm continues to \u201ccollaborate closely\u201d with Botha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Now, the Financial Times has published a report painting all of this as an attempt to undo the legacy of former leader Roelof Botha, who&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2243688557.jpg?resize=1200,800","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[155926,155482,151477],"class_list":["post-752339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-roelof-botha","tag-sequoia-capital","tag-venture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}