The first major sign of governance problems this year at Sequoia-funded startups emerged in January, when digital payments provider BharatPe launched a probe that eventually led to the sacking of several employees and findings of vendor malpractice.
A Bengaluru court issued notice in the ₹1 crore defamation suit filed by Algo Legal and its founder Sandeep Kapoor against Sequoia Capital, Twitter and a number of media outlets.