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Shashank Kumar
InvestorFounderCo-Founder & MD, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures · Founder at Razorpay
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
FoundedRazorpay · YC
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297 people in our graph share verified history with Shashank — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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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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Razorpay's investors · 16
8i VenturesMumbaiAlkeon CapitalNew York · since 2021Alkeon InnovationNew YorkFundamentumGurugram · $10M – $25M checksGICSingapore · since 2021GMO VenturePartnersTokyogrowX VenturesBangaloreLocus VenturesPalo AltoPeak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checksStandard CapitalSan FranciscoTCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checks · since 2021Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021Titan CapitalScottsdale · $249K – $15M checksUncommonTorontoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015Z47Coral 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
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
- Who is Shashank Kumar?
- 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.
- Where does Shashank Kumar work?
- Shashank Kumar is Founder of Razorpay and Co-Founder & MD, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures.
- What companies did Shashank Kumar found?
- Shashank Kumar founded Razorpay.
- Where did Shashank Kumar go to school?
- Shashank Kumar studied at Y Combinator; Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (B. Tech., Computer Science); St. Xavier's High School, Patna (ICSE).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee mafia73
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Naveen JainBS EngineeringFounded Intelius +2Shantanu AgarwalB.TechFounded Sustaera +1Mohit SaxenaBachelor of EngineeringFounded Inmobi +1Vivek PrakashB.Tech & M.TechFounded Hackerearth +1Divij GoyalBachelors of technologyFounded Mindbase +1Ankita GuptaBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded Akto +1
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Mars Shot Ventures mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee105
Anshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergePranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxNamita KumariAssociate, Technical Research at Sands Capital VenturesPramit SinghiAssociate at Titan CapitalShantanu AgarwalAdvisory Board Member at Titanium Innovation InvestmentsGulshan DhananiAssociate at Avataar Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Razorpay27
Sanjay 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 VenturesChetty ArunHead, Culture, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
+ 21 more
Also worked at Microsoft1,848
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
+ 1,842 more
Also worked at SDSLabs5
Also worked at Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota58
Jessica A. Zeaske, PhD, MBAManaging Partner, Strategic Investment at Echo Health VenturesBrett BrohlManaging Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, LlcWill MorrisonPrincipal at DFJWilliam Tunstall-PedoeInvestor at Cambridge Innovation CapitalNicholas TanAssociate Director at Aura GroupKatherine M. BryanInvestor at Madison Dearborn Partners
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