Sequoia India is making key hires across its uppermost leaderships, including Ajay Gore, former CTO of Indonesian ride-hailing giant gojek, as its new operating partner.
Other than him, Gayatri Vasudeva Yadav will also be joining in as the CMO and Shweta Rajpal Kohli as the Head of Public Policy.
Gore began his professional career as a Staff Scientist at NCST Mumbai (now CDAC) after which he quit to join ThoughtWorks. He then took on the role of CTO at Hoppr and left the firm after a year to start SoLoMo Media. He also co-founded the non-profits CodeIgnition and Innovation and Technology Trust.
In Gore’s new role, he will mainly work closely with the CTOs and CPOs of Sequoia’s portfolio companies.
He will also bring his experience, passion, strategic insight and innovative mindset to help companies scale engineering, data science products and design functions.
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“To give a boost to our efforts across several important areas, we’re excited to welcome these three widely respected senior executives to the Sequoia Capital India team in roles that will help us expand the work we do to build startups alongside our founders,” shared Shailendra J Singh in a LinkedIn post.
He further added, “At a time when technology is transforming the world and capital is abundant, the one thing that stands out for the very best startups or VC firms is the ability to attract and nurture extraordinary talent. The most promising startups have choices of which VC to pick. We believe the very discerning and highest quality founders will increasingly select venture capital firms with the best operating team who can help them succeed.”
Sequoia India is a Venture Capital firm that operates in Southeast Asia and India. Some of its portfolio companies include BYJUs, Carousell, Druva, GO-JEK, OYO Rooms, Tokopedia, Truecaller, Zilingo, and Zomato.
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