Sequoia Capital Eyes India Comeback With Investment In Vance

Sequoia Capital Eyes India Comeback With Investment In Vance

SUMMARY

Sequoia Capital is in advanced discussions to invest in Bengaluru-based fintech startup Vance

If the deal materialises, it would be Sequoia Capital's first investment in an Indian startup since it spun off its India and Southeast Asia operations

Founded in 2022, Vance provides non-residential Indians a neobanking platform via which they can make cross-border payments in India

Over a year after it spun off its India entity, VC firm Sequoia Capital is reportedly eyeing a return to Indian soil. 

The California-based VC firm is in advanced discussions to invest in Bengaluru-based fintech startup Vance, TechCrunch reported, citing sources. 

Inc42 has reached out to Vance to get further details on the fundraise talks. The story will be updated on receiving a response. 

If the deal materialises, it would be Sequoia Capital’s first investment in an Indian startup since it spun off its India and Southeast Asia operations and rebranded it as Peak XV Partners. The firm’s China business was also hived off and rebranded as HongShan.

Sequoia Capital India invested in prominent startups like Zomato, BYJU’S, Ola, Meesho, CRED, Honasa Consumer, among others, before it was hived off and rebranded as Peak XV Partners. At the time of separation, it had a portfolio of over $9.2 Bn across 13 funds in June 2023.  

From this investment portfolio, Peak XV realised nearly $1.2 Bn from exits during the 15 months after separation. 

Sequoia Capital, which has been operational for more than five decades, has made notable investments in tech companies like Google, Apple, Nvidia, Cisco, YouTube, WhatsApp. 

Sequoia Capital’s India reentry ticket, Vance, founded in 2022, is a Bengaluru-based startup that provides non-residential Indians (NRIs) a neobanking platform via which they can make cross-border payments in India. 

It also allows users to invest in India-based mutual funds through its app. Vance claims that over 2.5 Lakh NRIs use its platform and have moved over $1 Bn of annualised capital so far from the UK and the UAE to India.

The startup last raised $5.8 Mn in its seed round led by Hummingbird Ventures in October 2022. Global Founders Capital, Y Combinator, Soma Capital and angel investors Alan Rutledge and Gokul Rajaram also participated in the round.

Note: The story has been edited to update Vance’s customer base number and the annualised transaction value.  

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