# Shantanu Deshpande

> Shantanu Deshpande is a seed investor at Bombay Shaving Company backing Retail and E-Commerce. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bombay Shaving Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bombay-shaving-company)
- Location: Gurgaon, India
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantanu-deshpande-bb939b4a?authType=name&authToken=kCQx&trk=prof-sb-browse_map-name

Shantanu Deshpande is a seed investor at Bombay Shaving Company in Gurgaon focused on Retail and E-Commerce. Shantanu Deshpande is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Bombay Shaving Company.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$1.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $840k–$3.1M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 3 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 15% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 15% |
| Internet | 2 | 10% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 10% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CREST | CREST Capital is a private investment firm that partners with founders, families, and institutions to build, manage, and preserve wealth with discipline, alignment, and foresight. | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Moxie Beauty | Moxie is on a mission to disrupt the hair care space by combining the art and science of hair care to offer very high performance, entirely clean, and organic solutions. | $15M | Series A | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| ReplyAll | ReplyAll is an lifestyle brand making multifunctional, durable apparel and accessories, built for comfort and seamless everyday transitions. | $754.1K | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Bombay Shaving Company | Bombay Shaving Company is a consumer goods company that focuses on developing a range of shave care, beard care, and skincare products. It specializes in men's grooming, personal care, shaving, beard grooming, skincare, and handmade soaps. Bombay Shaving Company was founded in 2015 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. |  | Secondary Market | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Bombay Shaving Company | Bombay Shaving Company is a consumer goods company that focuses on developing a range of shave care, beard care, and skincare products. It specializes in men's grooming, personal care, shaving, beard grooming, skincare, and handmade soaps. Bombay Shaving Company was founded in 2015 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $15.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Better Nutrition | GreenDay's objective is to improve crop nutrition, allowing people to achieve their fundamental vitamin and mineral needs with common staple meals. This is accomplished by refocusing agriculture's focus to improving yield quality, resulting in a healthier food for everyone. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Better Nutrition | Better Nutrition is e-commerce platform that offers nutrient-rich foods that promote health and well-being. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Ginglani Distillers | Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky. | $1.5M | Series A | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Relso | Relso is the home furnishings manufatcurer. | $840K | Pre-Seed | Mar 19, 2024 |  |
| Fiona Diamonds | Fiona, is India's first lab grown diamond brand. Fiona jewels are ecologically friendly as they do not scar the earth. | $724.3K | Seed | Mar 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACLR8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aclr8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DeVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (GII)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gulf-islamic-investments-llc-gii) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Patni family office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patni-family-office) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sixth Sense Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixth-senseventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Bombay Shaving Company

VC Fund · New Delhi, India

Bombay Shaving Company is a consumer goods company that focuses on developing a range of shave care, beard care, and skincare products. It specializes in men's grooming, personal care, shaving, beard grooming, skincare, and handmade soaps. Bombay Shaving Company was founded in 2015 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India.

3 contacts available at Bombay Shaving Company.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deepak Gupta | Chief Business Officer and Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepak-gupta-3aa4 |
| Rohit Jaiswal | Co Founder and Head of Products | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rohit-jaiswal |
| Shantanu Deshpande | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shantanu-deshpande |

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## FAQ

### What does Shantanu Deshpande invest in?

Shantanu Deshpande invests primarily in Retail, E-Commerce and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Shantanu Deshpande's check size?

Shantanu Deshpande typically joins rounds of $250k–$1.5M at Seed, $840k–$3.1M at Pre-Seed and $1.5M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shantanu Deshpande participates in.

### When did Shantanu Deshpande last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shantanu Deshpande closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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