Shailendra Singh

Delhi High Court Orders Whatsapp, Telegram To Take Down Accounts Impersonating Peak XV, Sequoia

29/01/2024

It also ordered both the messaging platforms to file details of IP addresses used to create such accounts to help the authorities curb these scams

Nykaa CEO Falguni Nayar Steps In To Guide Marketing Function Directly After CMO's Resignation

03/08/2023

Chief Marketing Officer Shalini Raghavan is among few executives who have stepped down from the beauty start-up over the last six months

What Is Peak XV’s Future Without Sequoia’s Heft?

13/06/2023

Raising fresh funds from LPs will be challenging for Sequoia India and SEA, now Peak XV Partners, unless it presents strong returns to the $2.85 billion fund it raised last year. This will be tough amidst a funding winter coupled with a brand spinoff that...

Rebranded as Peak XV Partners, Sequoia India & Southeast Asia To Function Independently In A Local-First Approach

06/06/2023

Sequoia Capital (US/Europe), Sequoia China and Sequoia India & Southeast Asia will now operate as independent firms with distinct brands

Shailendra Singh: Sequoia’s Man With A Mission Faces Tough Questions

09/03/2023

Sequoia Capital’s powerful MD has an unenviable image in India’s start-up sector. However, the controversies surrounding many investee companies have brought into focus the role and games VCs play in the start-up ecosystem

Why Is Top Global VC Fund Stuck In Controversies In India?

07/06/2023

One start-up after another is falling and failing on the issue of transparent leadership and ethical financial practices. A common thread in most of them is investments by Sequoia Capital. More importantly, it is Sequoia’s Shailendra Singh who is being...

Sequoia Stuck Between Start-Up Frauds And Controversies

28/02/2023

Every time an Indian start-up hits the headlines for the wrong reasons, Sequoia Capital and its most famous fund manager Shailendra Singh are in the spotlight. Is it the doing of their rivals? Or, are there serious issues that the VC firm needs to address?...

Shailendra Singh: We Are Not Here To Win A Popularity Contest

28/02/2023

He answers emphatically when asked if rivals are out to malign him and Sequoia Capital. Stung by controversies in their portfolio companies, Shailendra Singh told Outlook Business that the black sheep make less than one per cent of its portfolio value and its...