Sequoia Shutters Washington, DC, Office, Let’s Go of Policy Team

Techcrunch confirmed that Sequoia will close it in Washington, DC, its office, and part with the politics team there at the end of March.

The news comes – in contrast to this somewhat – with other prominent VC companies in Silicon Valley that enhances its relationships with the Capitol Hill and the new Trump administration. For example, Andrink Horwitz tends to her policy team, as many of her Nab Rolls partners are in the White House. Recently, for example, He rented a former Republican Congress member Patrick Macharrei as a consultant.

Sikoya opened its office in Washington five years ago to support companies with organizational issues and deepen its relationship with policy makers. In a statement to Techcrunch, a spokesman for Sequoia said that thanks to “the directives and strategic efforts” of the policy team related to strengthening relations and knowledge, “Sequoia is now in a good position to carry these relations in the United States and Europe forward.”

The spokesman said: “In order to achieve this purpose, we are setting up the sun’s function and closing our office at the end of March. We are grateful to the team on their contributions and their impact.”

Changes affect the company’s colleagues, in addition to three full -time employees. luck, Which was the first to report this news.

Although Sikoya is usually political, its partners have previously expressed its political views. It is worth noting that Sean Maguire, the company’s partner, is an explicit supporter of President Trump and is said to help the candidates to examine Dog.