Rajan Anandan is a prominent technology executive, venture investor and startup ecosystem leader, currently serving as Managing Director at Peak XV Partners. He is also closely associated with Surge, Peak XV’s early-stage startup program, where he works with founders and helps them build and scale ambitious technology businesses. Before moving...
Rajan Anandan is a prominent technology executive, venture investor and startup ecosystem leader, currently serving as Managing Director at Peak XV Partners. He is also closely associated with Surge, Peak XV’s early-stage startup program, where he works with founders and helps them build and scale ambitious technology businesses. Before moving...
Rajan's approach places significant emphasis on founder quality, ambition, learning ability and founder-market fit.
According to his profile at Peak XV, he looks for founders who:
Think big
Remain humble
Are intensely curious
Learn quickly
Adapt to changing circumstances
Understand their users deeply
Understand their markets deeply
Are transparent about what they know and don't know
Have the ambition to build very large businesses
He also highlights the importance of storytelling at the seed stage, when startups may not yet have enough operating data to demonstrate their potential.
Portfolio companies
40 companies mapped to this fund.
AIR Trading
Surge
25 Sept 2025
Airalo
$220M
10 Jul 2025
Appier
early-stage
Aptus Housing Finance
Atomicwork
$25M · Series A
28 Jan 2025
Awfis
$20 million
26 Apr 2017
Awfis dark
Better Auth
$5M · Seed
24 Jun 2025
Bharatpe
Venture
Blackbuck
Series C
5 Oct 2018
BlinkIt
Seed
6 Oct 2014
BlinkIt dark
Bluestone
Rs 900-crore
1 Aug 2024
Cafe Coffee Day
Exit
1 Jan 2012
Capillary Technologies
Cardekho
$15,000,000
Carousell
$6M · Series A
26 Nov 2014
Cars24
$50,000,000 · Series C
16 Mar 2018
Chargebee
Circles Life
$50M · Series C
14 Feb 2019
Cloudnine
Secondary Exit
19 Sept 2024
Cred
$900M
26 Jun 2026
Dailyhunt
Digit Insurance
₹139 Cr · Secondary / Exit
Peak XV Partners
Managing Director
Rajan is part of Peak XV's investment leadership team, with a focus on technology startups and founder development.
Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia
Managing Director
Before Peak XV's current identity, Rajan served as Managing Director at Sequoia Capital and was involved in developing and scaling the Surge program.
Vice President & Managing Director — India & Southeast Asia
Rajan led Google's India and Southeast Asia operations and played a role in expanding Google's regional Internet ecosystem and innovation activities.
Microsoft India
Managing Director
Prior to Google, Rajan led Microsoft India.
Dell Technologies
Senior Leadership Roles
His earlier operating career included leadership positions at Dell, including country-level and global outsourcing responsibilities.
McKinsey & Company
Partner — Chicago
Rajan began his senior corporate career in management consulting at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.
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