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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?

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
g2One

San Mateo, California, United States

G2One Inc., founded by the Groovy and Grails project leads, Guillaume Laforge and Graeme Rocher, and by Alex Tkachman in 2007, actively

ConsultingInformation TechnologyService IndustryTraining
Series UnknownAug 15, 2007
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