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India's Startup Ecosystem is Among the Most Vibrant in the World: Sequoia's Roelof Botha

Due to portfolio conflicts and market turbulence, Sequoia Capital announced last week that its India and China funds would separate and operate independently. Peak XV Partners will be the name of the India operations. The company's management is still the same.

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Sequoia Capital Splits Into Three Different Entities

The investors clarified in a joint statement that, each business will serve the founders and ecosystem where they operate with flexibility that comes with an independent brand

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IAMAI Forms Committee To Address Issues Faced By VC Firms

The committee will play an essential role in highlighting sector-specific challenges faced by portfolio companies of VC firms

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With A Focus On Corporate Governance, Indian Startups Have Potential To Generate 100 Million New Jobs, Says Rajan Anandan

He also expressed the concerns on the changing market growth dynamics with high inflation and interest rates

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Sequoia Raises $2.85 Billion, Dedicates $2 Billion To Indian Startups

The venture capital firm claimed that the fundraise will bolster its mission to help daring founders to build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond

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Hubble Raises $3.4 Million In Seed Funding Round Led By Sequoia Capital

Funds will be utilized to build a robust decentralized savings infrastructure to power its consumer-facing applications, to on-board leading Indian and global brands onto its platform, and to hire top-notch talent

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LambdaTest Raises $45 Million In Venture Round Led By Premji Invest

Funds will be utilized to enhance the existing product capabilities and accelerate growth

Technology

Decoded: Indian E-sports Sector

According to the FICCI and EY e-sports report of 2021, e-sports is to set to generate over INR300 million worth of revenue by the year 2025 and the games popularized by e-sports tournaments will generate over INR14 billion in in-app purchase revenue by the year 2025

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Personal Messaging Software Aampe Raises $1.8 Mn From Sequoia Capital's Surge

The startup with the fresh capital plans to accelerate its growth momentum and product development to serve global customers

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Sequoia's Surge Picks 17 Startups For Its Fourth Cohort, Half Of Them SaaS-Based

Surge 04 startups have collectively bagged $45.35 million in their Surge round from both Surge and co-investors

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Sequoia and Redpoint Lead $12 Mn Funding in Virtual Events Hosting Platform Airmeet

The series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital India and Redpoint Ventures also saw participation from existing investors Accel India, Venture Highway and Global Founders Capital (GFC) along with Gokul Rajaram, Caviar Lead at Doordash

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With Byju's, OYO, Ola in its Kitty, Sequoia is the Top Investor in India

Sequoia Capital India is the top investor on the Hurun India top unicorn investors list 2020 with eight unicorns investments, followed by Softbank, Steadview Capital and Saif Partners

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Lightspeed Closes Third India-focused Fund With $275 Mn

Fund III brings Lightspeed's total capital under management in India above USD 1 billion

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Sequoia-backed Khatabook Raises $60 Mn in Series B Funding Round

The round was led by B Capital Group and saw participation from two new investors Rocketship.vc and Unilever Ventures along with some existing investors

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Sequoia-backed Insurtech Startup Qoala Pockets USD13.5 Mn In Series A Round

The Jakarta-based company aims to use the funds to invest further into technology, people and brand to fuel their multi-channel strategy.