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Salil Deshpande

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Description

Salil focuses on early-stage infrastructure software, open source, and crypto. Over the last 13 years he has invested $350M into 52 companie...

Investor Profile

Salil Deshpande has backed more than 10 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 3 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Series Unknown rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, India.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (40%)
  • Series A (30%)
  • Series Unknown (10%)
  • Series B (10%)
  • Series C (10%)

Country Focus

  • United States (90%)
  • India (10%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Developer Tools
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Hardware
  • Blogging Platforms
  • Developer Apis
  • Developer Platform
  • Online Forums
  • Social Media
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Who does Salil Deshpande frequently co-invest with?

BP
Bay Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
S28 Capital
S28 Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Felicis
Felicis
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2
Surge
Surge
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Co-Investments: 3
468 Capital
468 Capital
Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Co-Investments: 1
Crosslink Capital
Crosslink Capital
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2
Accel
Accel
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2
Kapor Capital
Kapor Capital
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 1
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does Salil Deshpande often collaborate with?

CG
Christopher Golda
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
GR
Guillermo Rauch
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
FL
Florian Leibert
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
ER
Ed Roman
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
GM
Girish Mathrubootham
North America, California, United States, Burlingame
Shared Deals: 1
Harshil Mathur
Harshil Mathur
Asia, Karnataka, India, Bengaluru
Shared Deals: 1
NR
Naval Ravikant
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
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Augusto "Aghi" Marietti
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
BH
Bradley Horowitz
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
BN
Ben Narasin
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2

What are some of recent deals done by Salil Deshpande?

Standard Fleet

San Francisco, California, United States

Connected-vehicle fleet management. Building software that automates workflows, secures vehicles, and scales operations.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleSoftware
Series ASep 10, 2025
Amount Raised: $13,000,000
Hashnode

Dover, Delaware, United States

Hashnode is the easiest way to start a developer blog on a personal domain for free and connect with the readers through the dev community!

Blogging PlatformsDeveloper APIsDeveloper PlatformDeveloper ToolsOnline ForumsSocial MediaSoftware
Series AAug 18, 2021
Amount Raised: $6,700,000
Hashnode

Dover, Delaware, United States

Hashnode is the easiest way to start a developer blog on a personal domain for free and connect with the readers through the dev community!

Blogging PlatformsDeveloper APIsDeveloper PlatformDeveloper ToolsOnline ForumsSocial MediaSoftware
SeedDec 15, 2020
Amount Raised: $2,100,000
RudderStack

San Francisco, California, United States

RudderStack provides a customer data infrastructure solution for developers, data analysts, and product teams.

AnalyticsDatabaseInformation TechnologyInfrastructureIT InfrastructureSoftware
SeedMay 27, 2020
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Nuo

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nuo is a financial control center to store, spend, and grow your crypto.

CryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation Technology
SeedApr 4, 2020
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
DataStax

Santa Clara, California, United States

DataStax is the real-time data company for Gen AI applications.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data ManagementInformation TechnologyOpen SourceSoftware
Series COct 1, 2012
Amount Raised: $25,000,000
DataStax

Santa Clara, California, United States

DataStax is the real-time data company for Gen AI applications.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data ManagementInformation TechnologyOpen SourceSoftware
Series BSep 21, 2011
Amount Raised: $11,000,000
Dropcam

San Francisco, California, United States

Dropcam develops a Wi-Fi camera with easy setup and continuous cloud recording.

Consumer ElectronicsHardware
Series ASep 21, 2011
Amount Raised: $5,800,000
ZeroTurnaround

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

ZeroTurnaround provides JRebel, a JVM plugin that eliminates the build and redeploy phases of the J2E development cycle.

Developer ToolsReal TimeSoftwareWeb Apps
Series AJul 25, 2011
Dropcam

San Francisco, California, United States

Dropcam develops a Wi-Fi camera with easy setup and continuous cloud recording.

Consumer ElectronicsHardware
SeedMar 1, 2009

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