Shraeyansh Thakur quits Peak XV after a decade

SHRAEYANSH THAKUR, AN investor at Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India and SEA), is leaving the venture capital fund after nearly a decade to pursue a new entrepreneurial journey, he said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.

- AYANTI BERA

Thakur is on the board of Apna Mart, Cars 24, and digital visa platform Atlys, while he is a board observer for e-commerce unicorn Meesho.

"It's hard to have not felt the entrepreneurial energy from seeing these journeys up close. It's been a long dream of mine to be an entrepreneur and I am excited about the journey ahead," he wrote.

Thakur's exit comes less than a month after Peak XV's managing directors Shailesh Lakhani and Abheek Anand announced their exits from the firm.