Exclusive: Sequoia’s Shailendra Singh on corporate governance, VC accountability, frothy tech valuations and more

It has been a tumultuous year for Sequoia Capital India. Silicon Valley’s famed venture capital (VC) fund, an early backer of some of the most influential technology companies such as Apple, Google and WhatsApp, finds itself fielding questions on its role as a long-standing investor in local startups, after portfolio firms BharatPe, Zilingo, Trell, and GoMechanic showed lapses in corporate governance. Amid this, Sequoia announced a massive $2.85 billion fund for India and Southeast Asia (SEA) in June last year.