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Peak XV managing director Harshjit Sethi resigns
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Peak XV Partners
- What it does
- Harshjit Sethi resigns
- Kind
- People
What they do
Sethi stepped down after almost ten years at the firm and will serve gardening leave (a notice period away from work) first
What happened
He led AI investing and sat on boards including BharatPe, having started at Sequoia India before the rebrand
Why it matters
His earlier bets included Turtlemint, Bright Money and smallcase, and his focus later widened to enterprise software
The details
- Managing director Harshjit Sethi resigned in Sep 2025.
- He led the firm's AI investments.
- He served on the BharatPe board.
- He joined Sequoia India, which became Peak XV in June 2023.
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