Bengaluru 8th September : Sequoia India & Southeast Asia on Thursday announced the launch of Pathfinders, an online platform designed to connect founders at the beginning of their journey from India and Southeast Asia with global operators. Pathfinders will make use of the power of the global network that Sequoia has developed over the last 50 years to provide businesses they collaborate with with an advantage in their global goals.
“Over the last year, we have added 25 Pathfinders on the platform, which includes exceptional executive leaders from unicorns up to huge tech companies in areas like sales marketing, product management, marketing as well as engineering” stated Harshjit Sethi, the Managing Director of Sequoia India.
“Six of our companies have already received mentorship and investments from our Pathfinders, and feedback has been generally positive.
We plan to expand the platform considerably in the coming years by integrating more Pathfinders as well as Portfolio companies” Sethi added.
The platform connects entrepreneurs with experienced business professionals who could help accelerate their company’s growth journey and develop their go-to-market strategy.
“The pathfinders I’ve collaborated with have created a significant impact on our company so far, providing value in areas like customer relations, product marketing and analyst relations, recruitment and other key components of our US GTM,” said Nishant Modak, co-founder of Last9.
Pathfinders are founders/CXOs of several of Silicon Valley’s most innovative companies in technology, such as Amit Singh (President, Palo Alto Networks), Oliver Jay (ex CRO, Asana), Param Kalhon (CPO, UIPath), Prasanna Sankar (Cofounder, Rippling), Pratyus Pattnaik (Senior Director of Engineering, Okta), Sandeep Johri (former CEO, Tricentis) and more.
“To be successful, Indian disruptors need to be able to comprehend western consumers as well as their needs and expectations for the user clearly, and develop products that can meet them effectively.Pathfinders connects entrepreneurs with skilled operators who live in these countries who have developed expertise over time in knowing the western buyer,” said Amit Singh President, Palo Alto Networks.
Pathfinders will benefit from the knowledge and experience of the Sequoia broader and startup ecosystem to build the long-lasting businesses of the future, said the company.
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