Uber technologies former head Amit Jain joines Sequoia Capital major VC firm as Managing Director. Jain will look at mid to major investments at Sequoia which pools over USD 4B fund for regions across India.

“Amit’s 20 years of operating experience and terrific record of building and managing hyper-growth tech businesses globally, is going to give founders of startups in our

portfolio a huge advantage,” said Sequoia’s GV Ravishankar.

Jain, who will be based in Singapore, will be part of Sequoia Capital’s growth investment team, according to note published by Ravishankar, also a managing director at the investment firm.

Sequoia India is one of the largest and most active investment firms in India, with an estimate $4.5 billion in assets under management. Jain’s appointment is the latest high-profile announcement by the investment firm, which had roped in Rajan Anandan, formerly the head of India and Southeast Asia for Google, in April earlier this year, to lead its much-vaunted Surge programme.

At the time of quitting Uber, Jain had spent about a year as the NYSE-listed company’s Asia-Pacific head, a region that included Australia, New Zealand, and North Asia, in addition to India and South Asia. Prior to that, Jain had spent three years as president of Uber’s India and South Asia regions.