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    • Peak XV Partners launches Rs 750-Rs 800 cr block deal to sell part stake in Indigo Paints

      Floor price of the block deal is Rs 1,470/share, a discount of 4.6 percent to the closing price of Indigo Paints on September 5, one source told Moneycontrol

    • Former Sequoia India firm launches new fund for early ventures

      The Peak XV Anchor Fund will be backed by an internal pool of capital, according to a letter sent to investors. Formerly known as Sequoia India & Southeast Asia, the venture-capital firm rebranded as Peak XV Partners last year and is now fully independent.

    • Cyber security startup PingSafe raises $3.3 million seed fund in round led by Peak XV Partners

      The startup is headed by ethical hackers Anand Prakash and Nishant Mittal, and they make products in the cloud security segment.

    • Large number of Indian unicorns will become profitable in next 24 months: Sequoia's Rajan Anandan

      High single-digit EBITDA will be required for startups planning initial public offerings, says Sequoia India Managing Director Rajan Anandan

    • Corporate Crossings: Sequoia India hires Mohit Abraham as legal head from Travis Kalanick’s startup

      Abraham's appointment as Sequoia Capital India's chief legal officer comes at a time when the company is embroiled in a legal tussle with its former general counsel, Sandeep Kapoor.

    • Early-stage venture capital firm Fundamental launches maiden fund worth $130 million

      The fund plans to lead investments in pre-seed and seed rounds with an aim to support 30 ventures over the next two years.

    • Sequoia India, SoftBank, others join IAMAI-launched Venture Capital Committee

      The new panel will work on public policy consultations, stakeholder engagement, ecosystem enhancement, and building a strong industry network for VC firms.

    • Sequoia India grapples with fallout from governance snafus

      According to people familiar with the discussions, Sequoia Capital's India partners, who were caught off guard by governance crises at startup companies in its portfolio earlier this year, promised investors at a meeting earlier this year that "lowlights" were essentially behind them.

    • Sequoia raises USD 2.85 Billion to fund startups in India, Southeast Asia

      Sequoia India and Sequoia Southeast Asia have raised USD 2.85 billion in a series of funds to invest in companies, making it the VC firm's largest fund for the area and more than doubling its previous fund.

    • Restaurant management platform UrbanPiper raises $24 million in Series B from Zomato, Swiggy, others

      The restaurant management platform plans to use the funds raised to scale its product and engineering teams, strengthen its platform capabilities, as well as broaden its offerings to enable more services to restaurants.

    • IndiGG bags $6 million from Sequoia India, Lightspeed, Animoca Brands, and others

      IndiGG is being built in association with Polygon to create a Play-to-Earn gaming hub within India.

    • SalesKen bags $22 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft's M12

      The startup plans to use the funds raised to accelerate expansion into the North American market and further invest in its deep-tech product.

    • Reform overseas listing norms in Union Budget to aid Indian start-ups: Sequoia India’s Rajan Anandan

      By changing the law, India may see fewer start-ups incorporating outside the country to enable listing on foreign stock exchanges

    • Hopeful of govt announcement on MDRs soon for payments, says NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe

      Speaking at the Global Fintech Fes, Asbe said that the aspiration should be for UPI to clock in transactions worth $1 billion per day in three years’ time. Sequoia India MD Rajan Anandan who was part of the panel said that funds will continue to flow into startups, including fintechs.

    • Wingreens Farms looks to acquire five new-age brands within a year

      The Sequoia-backed company is scouting for food and beverages companies offering fresh and ethically-sourced products to consumers, Anju Srivastava, founder of Wingreens Farms,told Moneycontrol in an exclusive interaction.

    • Sequoia India promotes five to partnership 

      Sequoia India has promoted five investors to Managing Director, beefing up its leadership during an unprecedented startup boom.

    • Sequoia India launches Spark fellowship for women entrepreneurs in India, South East Asia

      The investment firm has also said that it will expand its existing programmes to encourage more diversity in entrepreneurship.

    • Is startup funding boom here to stay? Get your answers live on Moneycontrol Masterclass today at 6 pm

      What's driving the funding boom?  ​Are the valuations justified? What should founders keep in mind during these times? Rajan Anandan, Radhika Gupta, Nithin Kamath and Vidit Aatrey will answer these questions and more on Moneycontrol Masterclass. Stay tuned

    • Exclusive | Accelerate with caution, do not fall into bad habits of the past: Sequoia India’s GV Ravishankar

      Sequoia India’s GV Ravishankar, one of India’s most successful investors, says founders should not fall into bad habits of the past due to easy access of capital. He has also said it is a very difficult environment for founders and investors, as one is not able to understand what all the funding interest means.

    • Wakefit raises Rs 185 crore from Verlinvest, Sequoia India

      Wakefit was valued at about Rs 1900 crore, a jump of nearly 10 times from when Sequoia first invested Rs 70 crore valuing it at Rs 210 crore in 2018.

    • DeHaat raises Rs 83 crore from investors including Sequoia India

      DeHaat is a technology-based platform offering full-stack agricultural services to farmers, including distribution of high-quality Agri inputs and market linkages for selling their produce.

    • Sequoia India leads $5.5 million round in Leap Finance

      Kunal Shah, founder of credit card payment startup Cred, and Bhupinder Singh, founder of consumer lending firm InCred, also participated in the round.

    • Epifi raises $13.2 mn in seed funding round led by Sequoia India, Ribbit Capital

      The company said it will utilise the funds to build its core technology platform, drive sales as well as marketing initiatives and expand its technology team.

    • Cuemath raises $15 million in funding

      CapitalG (formerly known as Google Capital), the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet (Google's parent company), led this round of funding, the company said in a release.

    • Young Turks: Startup action in 100 seconds

      It's now time for your daily dose of what's happening in the world of startups on Young Turks Startup Tracker and CNBC-TV18‘s Shruti Mishra brings you up to speed in just 100 seconds.

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