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Sequoia raises $1.35 billion to invest in India, Southeast Asia startups

Sequoia India now operates seed, venture and growth funds, a structure that allows Sequoia to remain a relevant partner for founders at all stages of their journey

InterviewBit raises $20 mn in Series-A round from Sequoia, Tiger Global

The edtech start-up is addressing the problem of the employability of Indian engineers, which continues to be as low as 20 per cent

Zoomcar prepares to be electric vehicle-driven by 2025, plans expansion

The company, which rents cars by the hour, day, week and month, has Mahindra E2O Plus and Tata E Tigor available on the platform for which it charges a subscription fee of Rs 15,000-20,000 per month

Indigo Paint's IPO may fetch 3.5x returns for Sequoia in partial exit

The fund-raising comes at a time when the company plans to penetrate cities and scale up investments and become a key player in the industry

Freshworks valuation hits $3.5 bn after $150-mn Series-H fundraising

The financing, subject to customary closing conditions, including US antitrust regulatory clearance, is expected to close by year-end

VCs, PE firms bet big on packaged consumer goods, park $676 mn in 2018

Many of these businesses have real revenues, lower risks and are less capital intensive as customer acquisition does not need to happen in millions," says one early-stage VC firm

VC firm Sequoia Capital ropes in Google India MD Rajan Anandan

As managing director, Anandan will lead Sequoia's Surge, a scale up programme for start-ups

Another MD leaves Sequoia, firm closes sixth fund at $695 million

Sequoia also announced the promotions of few key team members

Sequoia Capital, others open $15-mn tap for Drip Capital's trade financing

The company has also raised an undisclosed amount in debt from the US-based Silicon Valley Bank

Sequoia Capital plans $8-bn global fund, eyes China & Japan for war chest

Will continue to focus on sectors, ranging from technology, healthcare, consumer to media, in US, China and India

We now expect to distribute more than we invest every year: Shailendra Singh, Sequoia Capital India Advisors

Singh says the start-up ecosystem in India looks much healthier today than it did same time last year

Sequoia could race ahead of Tiger Global, SoftBank

Might emerge as leading global investor in start-up space in the country, as funds from other sources dry up

Raising funds tough ahead, says Sequoia MD Lakhani

Shailesh Lakhani believes raising money should be difficult, otherwise everyone would do it