Instagram

San Francisco, Californiawww.instagram.com1expert edge

Social media photo and video sharing platform founded 2010 and acquired by Facebook in 2012 for approximately $1 billion; now operates as subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc.

Why interesting to a deal team

Instagram demonstrates venture capital's ability to back consumer platforms with viral adoption before transformational M&A; Roelof Botha's investment participation shows Sequoia's pattern of identifying founder-led growth stories early.

Experts connected to this company

Roelof BothaLed Sequoia's investment shortly before Facebook acquisition

Roelof Botha

Managing Partner

Sequoia Capital

Fund GPSan Francisco Bay Area

Two-decade Sequoia dealmaker and former Sequoia steward with deep board experience (MongoDB, Block) and a network spanning growth-stage software and fintech.

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