About me
Shantanu BHAGWAT
An engineer by training, Shantanu Bhagwat is a one-time diplomat turned venture investor and now advisor, to start-ups.
These days he divides his time between UK and India, working with early stage companies and on ideas to improve political systems and governance in India.
In a career spanning two decades, Mr. Bhagwat has worked across geographies and industries, including several years in Japan and in the UK. Presently a Partner at a venture capital firm, Mr. Bhagwat has also worked at Monitor Co. in London. Prior to that, he spent several years as a fast-track career diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service, working in New Delhi and Tokyo.
At Amadeus, his investments include PowerPaper which produces thin and flexible batteries; Solexa, which developed ultra-high throughput DNA sequencing technology and was acquired by Illumina in 2007 and Plastic Logic, which has developed a process for producing flexible plastic transistors for use in displays.
Over the last few years, he has spent a lot of time thinking about globalization, innovation and entrepreneurship across geographies and sectors, with a particular emphasis on India.
He is a personal investor in several start-ups in India, including Myntra – a personalised gift company, Innoviti a cutting-edge start-up in transaction processing and Elements Akademia an innovative national chain of vocational schools.
A graduate in Computer Engineering, Shantanu holds an MBA from London Business School where he was a Chevening Scholar.
He is a Charter Member of TiE – a global non-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals and a past member of Mensa International. He also sits on the Advisory Board of Asia-Silicon Valley Connection and the UK India Business Angel Network.
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Shantanu BHAGWAT
i am very much impressed with your article china and india M& A and added link to my blog
Sudheer
Comment by sudheer | August 9, 2008
Overall an excellent blog with some great content. Shame about the Google Ads, the revenue from which I’m sure you don’t need.
Comment by Leon Benjamin | January 17, 2009
Leon, Thank you for your kind words…
As for the ads, your comment has prompted a rethink!
…perhaps I should take them out after all.
Comment by Shantanu Bhagwat | January 20, 2009
shantanu,
dont bother about ads. if u dont need rev,donate it to some good cause in India.
can u mail ur arti on china & India
Comment by raju | February 14, 2009
Hi Shantanu,
It was nice meeting you … Just came back to see the blog you referred to and found this different blog space.
Hope to keep in touch
Prachi
Comment by Prachi | March 1, 2009
hi shantanu,
how have you been ??? it has been around 25 years since we were together at kv, indore. let’s chat for more. i am usually available on yahoo messenger as himland@yahoo.com
alok gupta
Comment by alok gupta | July 15, 2009
Hi Shantanu,
I was wondering if you could send in your email address, there are few things I would love to have your opinion on.
I tried doing a whois lookup for domain hoping that you would have your email address there but I could not.
Please send in your email address.
Thanks and Regards,
SG
Comment by Saurabh Garg | July 17, 2009
dear shantanu,
i saw you on web and read the pages.I recollect our days in indore and Bhopal at Times Of India.i left the Times and now managing my own enterprises.I like your thoughts and dynamic career.If possible,please send me your email id for better communication.
rajeev
Comment by rajeevkumarsoni | August 9, 2009