Intellectual curiosity & infectious optimism: Industry cheers Kunal Shah's new role as WhatsApp HeadIndia Inc. is celebrating Kunal Shah's appointment as WhatsApp head, hailing it as a milestone for Indian startup leadership. Industry lead...
23 Jun, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
Meet Kunal Shah, serial entrepreneur and Meta's pick to lead WhatsAppIndian tech entrepreneur Kunal Shah is set to lead WhatsApp, the world's largest messaging platform, succeeding Will Cathcart. Shah, the fo...
22 Jun, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
Delhi HC orders apps to suspend accounts impersonating Peak XV, Sequoia CapitalThe accused impersonated Peak XV and Sequoia Capital to create bogus investment platforms that duped many unsuspecting investors. The scam ...
29 Jan, 2024, 07.28 PM IST
WhatsApp chatbot startup WATI raises $23 million in funding led by Tiger GlobalWhatsApp Team Inbox or WATI said it plans to increase the India headcount by 30% in line with the revenue growth
27 Oct, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
How to train your unicornIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: Sequoia India's new fund; evolution of Zomato's cap table; and WhatsApp faces CCI probe.
25 Mar, 2021, 09.57 PM IST
Govt's plan to bypass encryptionIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: The government wants WhatsApp to assign an alpha-numeric hash to every message sent through ...
23 Mar, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
Sequoia closes $1.35-billion India venture & growth fundThis takes Sequoia Capital’s total assets under management for India to an estimated $5.4 billion, spread across the seven funds it has rai...
07 Jul, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
Recovery from COVID-19 outbreak to take several quarters, says SequoiaSequoia Capital, which sent a similar note to founders called “RIP Good Times” during the 2008 financial crisis, has termed Coronavirus as ...
07 Mar, 2020, 01.14 PM IST
Focused founders, improved funding: Indian start-up ecosystem 2.0 impresses Rajan AnandanThe Sequoia Capital MD is proud of the Indian start-up growth trajectory.
10 Feb, 2020, 05.25 PM IST
Sequoia’s startup bet intact, to raise record $1.3 billion for new India fundSequoia will also, for the first time, split the corpus into two vehicles — one for early stage and other for growth stage.
24 Jan, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
Startup India and WhatsApp announce winners of the $250,000 Grant ChallengeThe ‘Startup India – WhatsApp Grand Challenge’ was launched earlier this year to inspire entrepreneurs to develop solutions that have socio...
18 Jun, 2019, 07.00 PM IST
Xiaomi, Sequoia Capital India lead the latest funding round to Samosa LabsSamosa Labs is a chat entertainment platform that began with hosting user-generated audio and gifs which could be shared across other socia...
03 Aug, 2018, 09.23 AM IST
"WhatsApp wins India's payment wars!" No. That's fake news.It changed the Indian messaging landscape in the mid-2010. Seven years and 200 million users later, can WhatsApp play a disruptor - this ti...
15 Feb, 2018, 12.38 PM IST
Sequoia India's office searched by ED over suspected tax evasion involving Vasan HealthcareThe Bengaluru office of Sequoia was searched by ED, which is investigating suspected money laundering and tax evasion involving Vasan.
20 Apr, 2016, 01.06 AM IST
With Rs 6,100 crore fund, Sequoia Capital sees 2016 as great year to make new investments in startupsSequoia Capital India strikes a discordant but optimistic note when it says 2016 will be of a “wonderful vintage” and a great year to make ...
06 Apr, 2016, 08.01 AM IST
11 Indian-Americans in Forbes Midas's best venture investorsThe 'Midas List' of the 100 best venture capitalists in the world for 2014 has been topped by Jim Goetz, partner at firm Sequoia Capital wh...
27 Mar, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Post Facebook-WhatsApp deal, Sequoia Capital to walk away with $3.5 billionThe WhatsApp exit is the latest in a string of successful punts taken by the Menlo Park, California-based marquee venture capital firm and ...
21 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST