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Metaforms raises $9 Mn from Peak XV, Nexus and Together Fund

EntrackrEntrackr ยท 2d ago
Metaforms raises $9 Mn from Peak XV, Nexus and Together Fund
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Bengaluru-based AI startup Metaforms has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Nexus Venture Partners and Together Fund. The proceeds will be used to triple its engineering and AI research team in Bengaluru, expand into report generation and voice-based research, and integrate further with research tools like Decipher, SPSS, and Confirmit. Founded in 2022 by Akshat Tyagi and Arjun S, Metaforms builds AI agents that automate workflows for market research agencies, enabling them to scale operations and improve turnaround times. Its AI agents automate survey programming, data processing, and vendor coordination. "When research agencies grow, better business decisions get made," said Akshat Tyagi, co-founder and CEO of Metaforms. "We're not here to replace the humans in the loop. We're here to give them leverage." Since launching commercially, the firm claims to have onboarded four of the top 20 global research agencies, including Strat7, and currently processes over 1,000 surveys per month. It aims to process over 100,000 surveys annually in the long term.

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โ€˜We are defined by the choices we makeโ€ฆโ€™: Peak XV downsizes growth fund in India by 16%

Business TodayBusiness Today ยท 10m ago
โ€˜We are defined by the choices we makeโ€ฆโ€™: Peak XV downsizes growth fund in India by 16%
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- Peak XV Partners, formerly known as Sequoia Capital India, is downsizing its fund in India by 16% after achieving $1 billion in exits this year. - Despite the downsizing, Peak XV remains strongly committed to investing in India and South East Asia. - The venture capital firm is making strategic changes to better serve its multi-decade time horizon. - Peak XV is focusing on measured investments in its growth fund while maintaining its support for seed and venture stage opportunities. - The decision to downsize is intended to benefit the founders and limited partners in the long term. - Peak XV has a successful track record, managing over $9 billion in capital and investing in more than 400 companies across various sectors.

Shraeyansh Thakur resigns from Peak XV after a decade

EntrackrEntrackr ยท 4m ago
Shraeyansh Thakur resigns from Peak XV after a decade
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Shraeyansh Thakur resigns from Peak XV after a decade During his tenure at Peak XV, he was board member and observer for startups like Atlys, Meesho, Cars24, ApnaMart, Unacademy, Zetwerk, Urban Piper, Bijnis, among others. Shraeyansh Thakur, an investor at Peak XV Partners, has resigned after nearly 10 years at the venture capital firm, sources told Entrackr. This marks the fifth high-profile exit from Peak XV in the past year. โ€œShraeyansh Thakur has decided to quit the firm and is likely to launch his own venture soon,โ€ said one of the sources requesting anonymity. Queries sent to Peak XV and Thakur did not elicit any response until publication of the story. "After an incredible 9+ years at Peak XV / Sequoia India, I have decided to embark on a new entrepreneurial journey. The next 10 years are going to be Indiaโ€™s golden digital decade and our founders now have true belief to create the worldโ€™s best companies from India," said Thakur in a Linkedin post. Last month, Peak XVโ€™s managing partners, Shailesh Lakhani and Abheek Anand, stepped down after serving for more than a decade. Prior to that, Anandamoy Roychowdhary, a partner at Peak XV's Surge, departed after over 11 years at the firm, while Piyush Gupta, then Managing Director, left after seven years to launch his secondary-focused fund, Kenro Capital. Meanwhile, Rishen Kapoor, co-founder and CEO of SaaS startup Toplyne, has returned to Peak XV Partners after his three-and-a-half-year-old venture shut down. In October last year, Peak XV reduced its $2.85 billion fund by 16% as part of a strategic shift towards investing in a more measured manner amid elevated valuations in the Indian market. This development came a year after Sequoia Capital rebranded as Peak XV.

Peak XV to launch perpetual โ€˜Anchor Fundโ€™ backed by its partners, team members

IndianStartupNewsIndianStartupNews ยท 1y ago
Peak XV to launch perpetual โ€˜Anchor Fundโ€™ backed by its partners, team members
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Peak XV Partners, a venture capital firm, is introducing the Peak XV Anchor Fund, a permanent capital vehicle that allows the firm's leaders and team members to invest in future funds and collaborate with other fund managers. The fund aims to institutionalize internal funding and deepen the commitment and alignment of Peak XV managers with the firm's investment strategies. Unlike similar funds, the Anchor Fund will exclusively source its capital from the firm's partners and team members, with a focus on investing in global seed and early-stage venture funds. This move follows Peak XV's separation from Sequoia Capital and positions the firm as a major player in the startup ecosystem.

Peak XV downsizes its $2.85 billion fund by 16% a year after Sequoia US-India split

Economic TimesEconomic Times ยท 10m ago
Peak XV downsizes its $2.85 billion fund by 16% a year after Sequoia US-India split
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- Peak XV Partners, a venture capital firm, is downsizing its $2.85 billion fund by 16%. - The fund reduction is primarily in the growth-stage allocation, with a total reduction of $465 million. - Peak XV is also cutting down the management fee from 2.5% to 2% of the overall fund size. - The carry, which is the profits from exits, will be reduced to 20% for growth investments, but will increase to 30% if a fund achieves a 3x distribution to paid-in capital. - These changes will be applicable to all ongoing growth funds of Peak XV Partners and previous Sequoia Capital India vehicles. - The decision to downsize the fund size was driven by slow deployment of growth capital over the past two years.

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