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Jim Goetz

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Sequoia put $60 million into WhatsApp before its boom. Years later, Facebook agreed to buy the messaging app for $19 billion

A retrospective on Sequoia Capital's roughly $60 million backing of WhatsApp across several rounds, and Facebook's $19 billion buyout of the messaging app, which TechCrunch estimated returned about fifty times the firm's investment.

economictimes.indiatimes.com Wed 7 Oct 2026 Whatsapp Facebook Sequoia Jim Goetz

Also wired.com·SmartCompany

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The inside story of Jan Koum and how Facebook bought WhatsApp

WIRED republishes its 2014 profile of WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum, covering his path from Ukraine to Silicon Valley, Sequoia's investments, and Facebook's $19 billion takeover, published as he departs over privacy disagreements.

wired.com Tue 1 May 2018 Whatsapp Facebook Sequoia Brian Acton Jan Koum Jim Goetz Mark Zuckerberg

Also SmartCompany·economictimes.indiatimes.com

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Jim Goetz

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Sequoia put $60 million into WhatsApp before its boom. Years later, Facebook agreed to buy the messaging app for $19 billion

The inside story of Jan Koum and how Facebook bought WhatsApp