Startup Profile

Bombay Shaving Co

Legal entity: Visage Lines Personal Care Private Limited

India's D2C men's grooming brand targeting premium shaving and personal care

E-commerceSeries CD2C Brand· Gurugram, Haryana· Est. 2015Website ↗
Bombay Shaving Company is a D2C grooming brand founded in 2015 by Shantanu Deshpande and three co-founders. The company sells men's shaving, haircare, and skincare products online and through retail channels across India.
Funding raised
₹542.54 Cr
Total disclosed
Latest valuation
₹947.00 Cr
Most recent round
Latest revenue
₹177.30 Cr
FY FY23
Employees
—
FY FY23

Founders

  • Shantanu Deshpande

    CEO and co-founder. Former McKinsey consultant with 4 years in strategy advisory for Fortune 500 clients. Graduate of IIM Lucknow and VNIT Nagpur (BTech Computer Science). Left McKinsey in August 2015 to launch Bombay Shaving Company.

  • Raunak Munot

    Co-founder of Bombay Shaving Company

  • Deepu Panicker

    Co-founder of Bombay Shaving Company

  • Rohit Jaiswal

    Co-founder of Bombay Shaving Company

Funding rounds

  1. Growth/Primary-Secondary Mix2025-11-12₹136.00 CrLed by Sixth Sense Ventures
  2. Series C2022-01-05₹132.80 CrLed by Malabar Investments
  3. Series B2019-12-26₹45.00 CrLed by Sixth Sense Venture Partners
  4. Pre-Series A2017-08-01₹19.09 CrLed by Fireside Ventures
  5. Seed/Angel2016-08-01₹4.67 Cr
  6. Angel2016-08-01₹4.98 Cr

Financials

MCA / self-reported
Fiscal yearRevenueProfit / (Loss)Employees
FY23₹177.30 Cr(₹80.25 Cr)—
FY24₹225.85 Cr(₹62.15 Cr)421

The full story

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Timeline

  1. 2024-09-30FY24 Revenue Milestone — Crossed Rs 200+ crore in revenue for FY24 (Rs 225.85 crore), growing 27.4% YoY with narrowing losses (Rs 62.15 crore, down 22% from FY23)
  2. 2022-01-05Series C Funding Close — Raised $21.4 million Series C led by Malabar Investments with follow-on Rs 50 crore from Gulf Islamic Investments, expanding total Series C to Rs 210 crore
  3. 2019-12-26Series B Funding — Raised Rs 45 crore Series B led by Sixth Sense Venture Partners with participation from Colgate Palmolive Asia Pacific
  4. 2016-06-01Official Launch — Company officially launched in June 2016 as a D2C men's grooming brand with curated shaving products
  5. 2015Company Founded — Bombay Shaving Company founded by Shantanu Deshpande, Raunak Munot, Deepu Panicker, and Rohit Jaiswal

Data sources

  • seed-list↗ · last fetched 2026-05-28
  • Inc42 - Bombay Shaving Company Profile↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Entrackr FinTrackr - FY24 Financial Report↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • StartupTalky - Shantanu Deshpande Background↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Business Standard - Series B Funding↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Business Today - Series C Funding↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Entrepreneur India - November 2025 Funding Round↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • MarcaMoney - Recent Funding and IPO Plans↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • LinkedIn Profile - Shantanu Deshpande↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
Updated 2026-06-01