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Month: July 2025

Sequoia Capital's office in Menlo Park

A prominent venture capitalist’s Islamophobic posts stir outrage among Middle Eastern and Muslim tech founders

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Some Muslim and Middle Eastern tech founders and leaders are among people protesting a prominent venture capitalist’s recent comments blasting New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. They say when Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire called Mamdani an “Islamist” who “comes from a culture that lies about everything”

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