Sequoia's Support for Shaun Maguire
Roelof Botha, managing partner at Sequoia, defended his colleague Shaun Maguire's controversial comments.
During an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Botha argued that the VC firm needs "spiky" people, implying that Maguire's comments are a manifestation of this.
Sequoia believes in its partners' right to "free speech."
Maguire's comments, made in a July 4 post on X, sparked an online backlash after he called New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani an "Islamist" who "comes from a culture that lies about everything."
This led to a debate about the reputational risk to the VC firm, which has backed companies like Airbnb, Google, Nvidia, and Stripe.
Author's summary: Sequoia defends colleague's free speech.
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