Shailendra is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital and is based out of Bangalore. He has been at the firm for over seven years, including three years in Sequoia Capital’s Silicon Valley office. He focuses on Technology, Internet, Mobile and Services investments, across stages. He has been involved with more than twenty investments at Sequoia Capital. His investments include Mu Sigma, JustDial, eClerx (NSE: ECLERX), Via, iYogi, GlobalLogic, UnitedLex, InfoEdge (NSE: NAUKRI), Scio Health Analytics, Sourcebits, Druva, Freecharge, Pangea3 (acquired by Thomson Reuters), Pine Labs and Practo. Prior to Sequoia Capital, Shailendra worked at Bain & Co in New York and was earlier an entrepreneur in Silicon Valleyduring the dot com bubble.
Shailendra received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a Chemical Engineering degree from IIT Mumbai. Shailendra is also a Kauffman Fellow.
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