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The recent spate of exits at the newly independent VC firm is not a surprise. It is a reset for a fund that’s so far operated as if it is special and now has to adjust to new realities.

This month, Peak XV, one of India’s premier venture capital funds, saw two prominent departures from its senior leadership. Managing directors Shailesh Lakhani—one of the more reputed names in the Indian venture capital ecosystem—and Abheek Anand said that they are moving on after spending 17 and 12 years, respectively, with the firm.
These two exits are only the latest in what appears to be quite the reshuffle at Peak XV, previously Sequoia Capital India. Last year, managing director of strategic development Piyush Gupta had exited the fund, as had Anandamoy Roychowdhary, a partner at Peak XV’s seed platform Surge, and …