Roelof Botha

Sequoia; capital efficiency framework

Roelof Botha is a steward and managing partner at Sequoia Capital, where he has spent over two decades backing companies including YouTube, Instagram, and MongoDB. A former CFO of PayPal, he brings a finance-first lens to venture, insisting portfolio companies demonstrate durable unit economics before scaling spend. He is closely associated with Sequoia's capital efficiency framework, which prioritises burn discipline and margin clarity over growth-at-all-costs.