Ex-Peak XV trio raises Mettle; Fintechs go licence huntingHappy Thursday! Three former Peak XV MDs, who abruptly left the VC firm, are launching Mettle Capital to back Indian startups. This and mor...
14 May, 2026, 08.49 AM IST
Scoop: Ex-Peak XV trio launches Mettle Capital, targets $350–400 million fund to back Indian startupsThree former Peak XV Partners, Ashish Agrawal, Ishaan Mittal, and Tejeshwi Sharma, have launched Mettle Capital. The new venture capital fu...
14 May, 2026, 08.30 AM IST
Peak XV onboards former Fractal executive as operating partner in USPeak XV Partners, India's largest VC firm, has appointed Shelly Singh as an operating partner in its San Francisco office. This move streng...
08 May, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
Early-stage tech draws VC interest across aviation, biotech, precision manufacturingInvestors are prioritising smaller, early-stage deals in deeptech sectors like AI, healthcare, and precision manufacturing, shying away fro...
07 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Scoop: Sequoia alumni’s Ambition Capital set to raise $250 million for early-stage investingShailesh Lakhani, Harshjit Sethi and Mayank Porwal, who were previously with Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital India), have teamed up to ea...
16 Mar, 2026, 08.48 AM IST
ImagiNxt 2026 to be organised in Mumbai on May 22-23Mumbai will host ImagiNxt 2026, a new technology festival on May 22-23 at the Jio World Centre. The event aims to unite startups, policymak...
20 Jan, 2026, 09.17 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2025 | Midas Touch: Ashish Agrawal’s golden touch seems to Groww and thriveThe jury picked Ashish Agrawal, managing director at Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital), for the honour. Agrawal’s standout bet ha...
05 Sep, 2025, 02.03 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2025: Nominees for Midas TouchThe award will recognise the most lucrative exit in the year. The decision will be made based on the volume of deals as well as the size of...
27 Aug, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Digital lenders’ RBI plea; Peak XV’s top-level churnDigital lenders are asking India’s central bank to loosen the reins around unsecured lending. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispa...
12 Feb, 2025, 07.42 AM IST
Peak XV’s Shailesh Lakhani, Abheek Anand quit VC firm adding to top-level churnThe two will no longer have full-time investing roles but will continue to hold their board seats in some of their portfolio companies. Acc...
11 Feb, 2025, 09.14 PM IST
Sebi slaps Rs 1.4 crore fine on 10 entities for manipulative tradesSebi had conducted investigation in the scrip of Le-Waterina during October 2010 to March 2012 to look into the possible violation of the p...
31 Jan, 2019, 09.53 PM IST
Metro Bikes rebrands itself as Bounce post Rs 84-crore fundingThe Series-A investment was led by Sequoia India and Accel Partners, along with a consortium that includes Raghunandan G, founder of TaxiFo...
09 Aug, 2018, 10.31 AM IST
Co-founders to life-partners, Tracxn’s Abhishek Goyal & Neha Singh get hitchedThe wedding reception of Tracxn’s Abhishek Goyal & Neha Singh in B'luru was attended by the Bansals & Manu Kumar Jain.
06 May, 2016, 01.29 PM IST
Shailesh Lakhani & Alok Goel engage with students at IIT Bombay entrepreneurship summitThe two were spotted at what the IITians refer to as the "coffee shack,” chatting away over cups, kicking back Sunday style.
10 Feb, 2016, 12.13 PM IST
Chillr raises $6 mn from Sequoia to fund expansionChillr said it has raised USD 6 million (around Rs 40 crore) in series A round of funding from Sequoia Capital to support its growth plans.
05 Oct, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
With 22-million users, India is Truecaller identification app’s biggest marketHis company has been talking to Sequoia India since 2012. “And they would tell us, ‘You’re not a Swedish startup. You're an Indian startup,...
10 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
CarDekho gets Rs 90 crore from Sequoia CapitalGirnar Software, which runs classifieds site CarDekho and price comparison platform PriceDekho, has raised a first round of funding from Se...
28 Nov, 2013, 10.27 AM IST