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Shashank Kumar
InvestorFounderCo-Founder & MD, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures · Founder at Razorpay
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
FoundedRazorpay · YC
About
Shashank Kumar co-founded Razorpay in 2014 and leads its technology, product, design, and marketing teams. He continues to write code and contribute to the codebase. He also advises startups on technology, growth, product, and scaling organizations.
Founder at RazorpayYC W15
Intro paths
YC
Shashank went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Razorpay's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shashank can intro founders to Razorpay's investors below.
Razorpay's investors · 13
8i VenturesMumbaiAlkeon InnovationNew YorkFundamentumGurugram · $10M – $25M checksGMO VenturePartnersTokyogrowX VenturesBangaloreLocus VenturesPalo AltoPeak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checksStandard CapitalSan FranciscoTCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checksTitan CapitalScottsdale · $249K – $15M checksUncommonTorontoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)Coral Springs · $1.2M – $40M checks
Co-founders at Razorpay
HM
Harshil MathurFounder/CEO
Experience
- RazorpayCo-Foundercurrent2022 — present
- RazorpayCofounder and CTO2014 — 2022
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2012 — 2014Redmond
- SDSLabsVice President2010 — 2012
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer (Intern)2011Greater Hyderabad Area
- Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of MinnesotaResearch Intern2010Minneapolis, Minnesota
Education
- Y Combinator2015
- Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeB. Tech., Computer Science2008 — 2012
- St. Xavier's High School, PatnaICSE1997 — 2006
Skills & more
EntrepreneurshipC++CData MiningSoftware DevelopmentAlgorithmsComputer ScienceSQL
From Shashank's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mars Shot Ventures
Arjit Johri
Vice President at Mars Shot Ventures
Arpit Chug
CFO, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
Ayush Bansal
VP & GM, Razorpay Capital at Mars Shot Ventures
Chetty Arun
Head, Culture, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
Harshil Mathur
Co-Founder, CEO, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
Sagar Saxena
Head, Biz Dev, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
Shashank Mehta
Ex VP & GM, RazorpayX at Mars Shot Ventures
Vishnu Acharya
Head, Strategy & CorpDev, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Shashank Kumar work?
- Shashank Kumar is Co-Founder & MD, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures and Founder at Razorpay.
- What companies did Shashank Kumar found?
- Shashank Kumar founded Razorpay.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,730
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Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee mafia31
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Razorpay19
Ishaan MittalManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersSanjay SwamyFounder and Managing Partner at Prime Venture PartnersVarun AgarwalInvestor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpDev KharePartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersArpit ChugCFO, Razorpay at Mars Shot VenturesAyush BansalVP & GM, Razorpay Capital at Mars Shot Ventures
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