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Shailendra Singh

Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India

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Shailendra Singh's approach to venture investing is deeply shaped by personal experiences including his brother's entrepreneurial journey and early death from cancer, his own startup failure during the dot-com bust, and overcoming severe illness in high school, which he credits with teaching him that "anything is possible if you work very hard." He has led Peak XV's separation from Sequoia US to resolve cross-border portfolio conflicts and built the firm into one of Asia's most prolific exit engines with over $3.5 billion in exits and 50+ unicorns, while emphasizing founder authenticity over metrics and advocating that startups transition from pure disruption to "discipline and disruption" as they scale. Shailendra Singh's approach to venture investing is deeply shaped by personal experiences including his brother's entrepreneurial journey and early death from cancer, his own startup failure during the dot-com bust, and overcoming severe illness in high school, which he credits with teaching him that "anything is possible if you work very hard." He has led Peak XV's separation from Sequoia US to resolve cross-border portfolio conflicts and built the firm into one of Asia's most prolific exit engines with over $3.5 billion in exits and 50+ unicorns, while emphasizing founder authenticity over metrics and advocating that startups transition from pure disruption to "discipline and disruption" as they scale.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
SaaS
AI
Devtools
FinTech
Consumer

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $100M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
Asia-Pacific
India