About Sandeep Murthy

Sandeep Murthy is a Partner at Sherpalo Ventures focused on investment opportunities in India. Sandeep also evaluates and manages investments in India for Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Sandeep serves on the Board of Info Edge India Pvt. Ltd. the company that runs the websites Naukri.com, Jeevansathi, and 99Acres.

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Sandeep has spent the past few years in the Internet space in the US most recently working at IAC/InterActive Corp, the owners of companies such as Expedia, Match.com, CitySearch, Gifts.com and other online businesses. Prior to joining IAC, Sandeep worked at Sony Music in the new technology group where he focused on launching a digital music service for Sony Music. Sandeep began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston in their Technology Group in Palo Alto, California. Sandeep holds an MBA from the Wharton School as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Wharton School.

  1. Mentioned In 32 Articles

  2. Start-ups trim costs to weather downturn

    livemint.com (Oct 26 2008) Explore Article

    ...g revenues in or change cost of customer acquisition, so now it will be less of a priority,” says Sandeep Murthy, who manages dual roles as chairman of online travel booking site Cleartrip Travel Services Pvt. Lt... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Guruji   Sandeep Murthy

  3. Online Travel Update: Cleartrip Lays Off 42 & Zoomtra Goes International

    WATBlog.com (Sep 12 2008) Travel Explore Article

    ...onal structural changes have also happened where the new CEO is Stuart Crighton who takes over from Sandeep Murthy who is now Chairman. Sandeep was christened the CEO when Cleartrip raised funding from Sherpalo (w... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Vikas Jawa   Stuart Crighton

  4. Cleartrip Promotes Crighton To CEO; Lays Off 42

    MediaNama.com (Sep 12 2008) Travel Explore Article

    ...trip, an Online Travel Agency (OTA) has appointed Stuart Crighton as CEO, taking over from investor Sandeep Murthy of Sherpalo Ventures and KPCB. Murthy is now Chairman. At the same time, Cleartrip has laid off 42 ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Yatra   Online Travel Agency   ICICI Bank

  5. Cleartrip Lays Off 42

    contentSutra.com (Sep 11 2008) Travel Explore Article

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    ... various sections. Crighton, who is a co-founder of Cleartrip, has now taken over as the CEO from Sandeep Murthy. Crighton was till now the COO of Cleartrip. Murthy, a representative of Sherpalo Ventures and Klei... (Read Full Article)

    1 Comment Mentions:   Sandeep Murthy   Stuart Crighton   VC Circle

  6. Air Travel Slowdown: Cleartrip Lays Off 42, Yatra Tightens Mktg Spend

    VCCircle (Sep 11 2008) Travel Explore Article

    ...hat," said Crighton. Crighton, who is a co-founder of Cleartrip, has now taken over as the CEO from Sandeep Murthy. Crighton was till now the COO of Cleartrip. Murthy, a representative of Sherpalo Ventures and Klei... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sandeep Murthy   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers   Mahindra Group

  7. Exclusive: Cleartrip Lays Off 42, Yatra Tightens Marketing Spend

    VCCircle (Sep 11 2008) Travel Explore Article

    ...hat," said Crighton. Crighton, who is a co-founder of Cleartrip, has now taken over as the CEO from Sandeep Murthy. Crighton was till now the COO of Cleartrip. Murthy, a representative of Sherpalo Ventures and Klei... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers   Sandeep Murthy   Mahindra Group

  8. Cleartrip Ties Up With Plus!

    contentSutra.com (May 26 2008) Mobile , Travel Explore Article

    ...sers to access travel information and make reservations via the client's interface. The release has Sandeep Murthy, CEO, Cleartrip, stating their tie-up with PLUS will give them access to 200 million mobile users a... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TiE   Sandeep Murthy   MakeMyTrip

  9. Silicon Valley duo in quick-fire deals after a tepid run in 2007

    livemint.com (May 19 2008) Explore Article

    ...famous for playing early investor in Google Inc. The partnership KPCB and Sherpalo Ventures, led by Sandeep Murthy in India, made its first investment in 2005 in Cleartrip Travel Services Pvt. Ltd. In 2007, while V... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   MapmyIndia   Ram Shriram   Draper Fisher Jurvetson

  10. mKhoj raises $7.1mn from Kpcb, Sherpalo

    pluggd.in (Apr 12 2008) Mobile , Funding Explore Article

    ... $7.1mn from KPCB, Sherpalo Mobile ad network, mKhoj has raised $7.1mn from KPCB and Interview with Sandeep Murthy, CEO ClearTrip Rediff, very recently interviewd Sandeep Murthy, CEO of ClearTrip. More Alibaba to expand in India eBay India gets a serious competition - China ba... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rediff   Ashish Sinha   Mumbai Angels

  11. mKhoj Receives $7.1 Million From KPCB And Sherpalo Ventures

    contentSutra.com (Apr 11 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ... $7.1 million is a fairly large amount of investment for a Series A funding, and we've written to Sandeep Murthy of Sherpalo Ventures and KPCB for details. mkhoj was founded by Naveen Tewari, Amit Gupta and Abhay... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Network18   Abhay Singhal   Nikhil Pahwa

  12. Expedia India Launches Indian Ops

    contentSutra.com (Mar 7 2008) Travel Explore Article

    ...rently focusing on hotel bookings and travel deals. That's a fairly limited segment—Cleartrip CEO Sandeep Murthy had said recently in an interview that the market for hotel booking is fairly small, and hotels hav... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sharat Dhall   Nikhil Pahwa   Sandeep Murthy

  13. Cleartrip Raises $18.5 Million From DFJ, Mahindra Group And Existing Investors

    contentSutra.com (Feb 28 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

    ... and Kleiner Perkins have together put in $8.5 million, report Mint and VC Circle. In an interview, Sandeep Murthy, CEO of Cleartrip tells VC Circle that the company will use the money for scaling up its offline pr... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Sandeep Murthy   Mahindra Group

  14. Cleartrip Gets “More Money Than Required!” - 18.5 M $!

    WATBlog.com (Feb 28 2008) Explore Article

    ...Well as per cleartrip’s own admission they seem to have raised “more money than required”. As Sandeep Murthy CEO Cleartrip states in this article that they will use this money to improve the website’s servi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sandeep Murthy   Mahindra   Draper Fisher Jurvetson

  15. “We Will Spend Money On Building Offline Presence, Acquisitions”

    VCCircle (Feb 28 2008) Funding Explore Article

    VC Circle catches up with Sandeep Murthy, CEO of online travel agency Cleartrip, which just announced series C financing from Draper Fisher ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Sandeep Murthy   VC Circle

  16. Cleartrip raises $18.5 million in 3rd round of funding

    Alootechie (Feb 28 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

    ...ficient with money and has plans to roll out attractive technology to attract and retain customers. Sandeep Murthy, chief executive officer, Cleartrip, has said now that the company has taken more funds than requir... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mohanjit Jolly   Sandeep Murthy   Mahindra Group

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