Santosh Shet

Taking a pause. Exploring what’s next.

📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
VC🌍 India
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Board Member
Oct 2023
Helping the world shift towards Healthier - Cleaner - Greener Life!
Board Observer
Oct 2018
We are a super-indie studio that develops and publishes free-to-play games. Our singular goal is to build mobile games that people love to play. Based in India, we take pride in creating some of the nation’s most-popular games like Dhoom:3 The Game, Sultan: The Game; and global cooking sensation, Star Chef. We have published 22 game titles and clocked over 100 million downloads globally. Thanks to our ability to understand gamer psychology, our focus lies in building games where players across the world find others with shared interests and play together for years. With a highly experienced and stable management team working collaboratively for over 15 years, we are considered a thought leader in the Indian gaming industry. Ascent Capital has invested in our curiosity and passion for building games.
Board Observer
Oct 2017
Founded on the southwest coast of India, Udupi, Global Delight was started in 2008. With our perfect blend of professionals, we have created leading edge, award-winning cross platform audio, video and photography applications. All this has made Global Delight the home of some of the most creative and innovative apps that are being used by over 30 million consumers globally. Global Delight produces and publishes award-winning Mac, Windows and iOS apps. Its mobile photography apps - Camera Plus Pro and Camera Plus - are used by millions of users. Its Mac desktop apps - Capto screen capture and Boom volume booster - have been recommended or awarded by Macworld and MacLife. Its iPhone video app - Vizmato - has secured Macworld Best of Show​ and also App Store Best of 2012​. Products Boom - A brilliant audio enhancement app for your Mac, Windows and iOS. Vizmato - An instant video editing & movie making app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Capto - A comprehensive screen capture solution. Camera Plus - Camera app for iPhone and iPad thats slick, savvy, svelte. Camera Plus Pro - Camera app with professional features.
Board Observer
Sep 2017
Founded on the southwest coast of India, Udupi, Global Delight was started in 2008. With our perfect blend of professionals, we have created leading edge, award-winning cross platform audio, video and photography applications. All this has made Global Delight the home of some of the most creative and innovative apps that are being used by over 30 million consumers globally. Global Delight produces and publishes award-winning Mac, Windows and iOS apps. Its mobile photography apps - Camera Plus Pro and Camera Plus - are used by millions of users. Its Mac desktop apps - Capto screen capture and Boom volume booster - have been recommended or awarded by Macworld and MacLife. Its iPhone video app - Vizmato - has secured Macworld Best of Show​ and also App Store Best of 2012​. Products Boom - A brilliant audio enhancement app for your Mac, Windows and iOS. Vizmato - An instant video editing & movie making app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Capto - A comprehensive screen capture solution. Camera Plus - Camera app for iPhone and iPad thats slick, savvy, svelte. Camera Plus Pro - Camera app with professional features.
Board Observer
Mar 2014
Maiyas Beverages And Foods Private Limited is a food & beverages company based out of 25 7th Main Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Board Observer
Aug 2013
Skanray Technologies is a fast growing Medical Devices company with international quality standards. Skanray has the entire range of Healthcare technologies and products and has Global presence through own brand and OEM partnerships with worlds leading brands. We are poised to revolutionize the Primary healthcare segment in the developing countries while making healthcare affordable to the masses.
Board Observer
Feb 2012
Starting our journey in 2011, today, bigbasket - a Tata Enterprise is India’s largest online supermarket with over 13 million customers and a presence in 60+ cities & towns. With our presence spanning the entire spectrum of consumer needs, we operate through a range of business lines - bigbasket, bbnow, bbinstant, bbdaily, fresho, bbmandi, and bbsaathi. We offer convenience by making grocery shopping easy for customers while enhancing their experience. With more than 47,000 employees, we are a proud & growing bigbasket family. With our businesses scaling, we are keen on working with the best talent in the industry. Every bigbasketeer embodies the ‘Spirit of bb’ that defines our work ethos. We believe in nurturing a people-first environment where the health and well-being of our employees are always prioritised. Fostering bigbasket’s value system, we encourage humility, transparency, integrity, and respect amongst each other to create an elevated work culture. At bigbasket, we empower every bigbasketeer with responsibility and ownership in everything they do. Being a customer-centric organisation, we operate with a maniacal focus on customers ensuring we always deliver our best. bigbasket has been proudly certified as a Great Place to Work, and Great Place to Work for Women. Our business model is designed to create opportunities for our country’s gig economy. We have achieved the highest ranking in the Fairwork India Ratings for Gig Workers. Through our DEI initiative – Aarambh, we foster Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion driving a workplace where everybody feels welcomed. Alongside this, we take conscious and proactive measures towards curtailing our impact on the environment. Our electric vehicles delivery fleet and solar panel equipped warehouses help us minimize carbon emissions. By promoting organic farming, we encourage fresh farm produce contributing to good land and soil health. #JoinTheSquad and be a part of our growth story!
Experience · 10 entries
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Investments (7)
Board (7)
2023
Board Member
Oct 2023
Helping the world shift towards Healthier - Cleaner - Greener Life!
2022
Executive Director
Sep 2022
Panthera is a growth investment firm partnering with digital/tech driven companies across consumption or enabling infrastructure, SaaS, and analytics across India and South-East Asia. We back passionate entrepreneurs and management teams who are building scalable businesses or solutions and have achieved product-market-fit stage for their business.
2021
Director
Aug 2021
Ascent Capital is one of the Indias leading Private Equity firms. Since our inception in 2008 we have helped over 100 entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams. We currently manage over US$ 1 billion across four funds. Our marquee investors, who include long term institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations, endowments, family offices, fund-of funds and large corporations have backed us across economic cycles – a vote of confidence in our ability to excel and deliver results. The result of 20 years of experiential learning and deep introspection on the best path towards building scalable businesses in India, Ascent’s ‘What Works in India’ blueprint is designed to help build successful businesses of lasting value. We follow an entrepreneur-centric investment approach where we view ourselves as ancillary beneficiaries of our entrepreneurs’ success. We actively seek out promising Indian companies driven by visionary leadership and place complete confidence in our entrepreneurs’ ability to build and manage their companies. We play a complementary and enabling role to our entrepreneurs, assisting them wherever necessary with the collective might of our entire team.
2018
Board Observer
Oct 2018
We are a super-indie studio that develops and publishes free-to-play games. Our singular goal is to build mobile games that people love to play. Based in India, we take pride in creating some of the nation’s most-popular games like Dhoom:3 The Game, Sultan: The Game; and global cooking sensation, Star Chef. We have published 22 game titles and clocked over 100 million downloads globally. Thanks to our ability to understand gamer psychology, our focus lies in building games where players across the world find others with shared interests and play together for years. With a highly experienced and stable management team working collaboratively for over 15 years, we are considered a thought leader in the Indian gaming industry. Ascent Capital has invested in our curiosity and passion for building games.
2017
Board Observer
Oct 2017
Founded on the southwest coast of India, Udupi, Global Delight was started in 2008. With our perfect blend of professionals, we have created leading edge, award-winning cross platform audio, video and photography applications. All this has made Global Delight the home of some of the most creative and innovative apps that are being used by over 30 million consumers globally. Global Delight produces and publishes award-winning Mac, Windows and iOS apps. Its mobile photography apps - Camera Plus Pro and Camera Plus - are used by millions of users. Its Mac desktop apps - Capto screen capture and Boom volume booster - have been recommended or awarded by Macworld and MacLife. Its iPhone video app - Vizmato - has secured Macworld Best of Show​ and also App Store Best of 2012​. Products Boom - A brilliant audio enhancement app for your Mac, Windows and iOS. Vizmato - An instant video editing & movie making app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Capto - A comprehensive screen capture solution. Camera Plus - Camera app for iPhone and iPad thats slick, savvy, svelte. Camera Plus Pro - Camera app with professional features.
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