VC firm Sequoia is flattening its partner structure and closing its London office

At Sequoia Capital, London is out, and the Great Flattening is in.

The Silicon Valley VC resolute said Wednesday it has made inner changes to undo a administration ranking that had "crept complete into the investing team."

The shake-up additionally includes the closure of its London agency and sunsetting its lot accelerator and Scouts programs, Sequoia wrote in a Wednesday article on X.

The London closure method several workforce are leaving Sequoia. The VC firm, which made early-stage bets on companies specified as Apple, Google, and Nvidia, stated it can assistance European founders and startups from its Bay Area headquarters.

The overhaul marks the ongoing alter of the defender at Sequoia. In delayed 2025, Alfred Lin and Pat Grady took on co-steward roles at the firm, as longtime partner Roelof Botha stepped down. By decision its London office, winding downward programs for first founders, and flattening its investing partnership, Sequoia is betting that a leaner construction volition assistance it twice downward on concentrated, founder-led decision-making.

In its post, Sequoia stated that a two-decade "expansionary phase" has required "real management" to run operations — but administration creep into the partner flank of the endeavor had rotate into an "unintended flank effect."

The VC resolute is additionally dropping its Monday partner gathering cycle, and stated that its goal of delivering the finest imaginable returns to constricted partners remains the same.

"We've made multiple inner changes that have the consequence of flattening the partnership,' the funding resolute said. "This allows all partner to flourish, and all originator to obtain the complete advantage of Team Sequoia - despite of who your guide partner happens to be.

Sequoia joins a lengthy catalog of companies including Meta, Amazon, Google, and Intel that have flattened administration layers in latest years. Companies have typically cited a desire to decrease bureaucracy.

In another cases, companies have cited AI whenever cutting rear on managers and flattening structures, including Coinbase and GitLab.

There have been way corrections. Earlier this year, Business Insider reported that Meta asked several workforce in its Applied AI division to become managers again.