Sequoia flirts with public policy

Never before has a venture fund dabbled in public policy, a function you’d associate with companies having constant run-ins with the government. So, why now?

Last week, Sequoia Capital India, the local arm of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, made an announcement which sort of flew under the radar. The firm said that it has hired three people to head three new functions: technology, marketing and public policy.

Ajey Gore, the former group chief technology officer of Jakarta-based ride-hailing company Gojek, will head the technology vertical and help Sequoia’s portfolio companies across India and Southeast Asia with engineering, product and design. Gayatri Vasudev Yadav, the former chief marketing officer of broadcaster Star India, will lead marketing for the fund and help portfolio companies …

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Ashish K. Mishra

Ashish is the editor-in-chief of The Morning Context. One of the best-known business feature writers in India, he was selected for Germany’s Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellowship in 2012 and received the Mumbai Press Club RedInk certificate of recognition in 2015 for his story “Inside the Network 18 takeover”. Before joining The Morning Context, Ashish co-founded The Ken, where he was managing editor. His previous writing stints include Mint, Forbes India and The Economic Times.

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