Rajan Anandan, vice president for Google India and South East Asia, has stepped down from his post after an eight-year stint at Google. He will be continuing in his position till the end of April. Rajan will now be joining Sequoia Capital India as Managing Director.
Sequoia India, in a LinkedIn post, announced that Rajan Anandan will be joining their team as the managing director. He will be the seventh managing director of the company.
“We are thrilled to welcome Rajan Anandan to Sequoia Capital India as a Managing Director. He will join the leadership team at the firm, in addition to the six current Managing Directors, where he will focus on developing Surge into the world’s top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the program’s founders.”
Post Ranjan’s resignation, Google has appointed Vikas Agnihotri, Country Director, Sales to take on the responsibility in the interim for Google India.
Rajan has invested in more than 80 companies over the last decade. A bulk of his investments have raised follow on rounds from Sequoia India including Rapido, Dunzo, Unacademy, Capillary Technologies, and Dhuva among others.
Anandan had joined Google from Microsoft India in 2010. He has also worked with Dell India and McKinsey & Company.
Anandan, is also a prolific angel investor in the country and is a member of the Indian Angel network. Some of his investments include WebEngage, Instamojo, Capillary Technologies, TravelKhana, and EasyGov.
