# Varun Deshpande

> Varun Deshpande is a seed investor backing FinTech and eSports. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

Varun Deshpande is a seed investor focused on FinTech and eSports.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| eSports | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Online Games | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fanspole | Fanspole allows users to create contests and play public as well as private games. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 27, 2020 | https://www.fanspole.com/ |
| Nuo | Nuo is a decentralized and transparent crypto banking platform for emerging markets. It acts as a financial control center to store, spend and grow any crypto currency of your choice.Using Nuo app, users can store all their crypto currencies at one place, pay for their coffee at Starbucks with a Nuo Card or make near instant peer to peertransfers over Nuo Network. It also enables users to avail global financial products and services at one place via Nuo Play. | $3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2020 | https://www.nuo.network/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Astarc Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astarcventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dragonfly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-partners-eed4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Singapore Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singapore-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Varun Deshpande invest in?

Varun Deshpande invests primarily in FinTech, eSports and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Varun Deshpande?

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### When did Varun Deshpande last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Varun Deshpande closed in Aug 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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