Shailendra Singh

Shailendra Jit Singh has been the Managing Director of Sequoia Capital India since January 2006, with a focus on venture capital and growth investing in India and South East Asia.

For over a decade, Mr. Singh has led numerous investments from seed stage to early growth capital in the fields of mobile, internet, payments, big data, and software as a service. He is currently a member of several boards, including Carousell, Druva Inc., Go-Jek, Mu Sigma, Pine Labs, Practo, Scio Health Analytics, Tokopedia, and Voonik.

Prior to joining Sequoia in 2006, Mr. Singh served as a Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company, where he advised senior management members of Fortune 500 companies on a variety of issues, including pricing, customer segmentation, organizational design, technology outsourcing, and international growth.

Mr. Singh has spoken at several conferences on digital media, and regularly features in leading publications for his entrepreneurship. He also co-authored articles and cases for highly-regarded publishers including Harvard Business Press and the Journal of Private Equity. He is a Kauffman Fellow at the Center of Venture Education.

Mr. Singh received an MBA in General Management with distinction from Harvard Business School, and a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Mumbai.