A real story from our Series B process with @sequoia last year. @dbabbs and I were invited to Menlo Park to pitch the Monday partner meeting…

A real story from our Series B process with @sequoia last year. @dbabbs and I were invited to Menlo Park to pitch the Monday partner meeting. The whole partnership was there, probably 15+ people. Needless to say, it was nerve-wracking. Before we went in, @Alfred_Lin asked if I needed anything. While it felt slightly absurd asking one of the most iconic investors in the world for a coffee, I needed the caffeine. A few minutes later, Alfred came back with the coffee himself. No assistant, no asking someone else. He just went and made it. Is obviously a tiny thing, but it stuck with me. From my POV, tiny acts like this is why @sequoia is the best in the world 🐐 I was once pitching in a board room at a top 3 VC firm for a $15M Series A. 12 people in the meeting. One of the GPs fully fell asleep. Out cold for 30+ minutes. Nobody acknowledged it. Everyone just kept going. I kept presenting my Series A slides to an unconscious man in a Herm…

Source: Sonya Huang (X) | 2026-06-05