Bombay Shaving Company

Following Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal's remark on Delhi being a better option for startups, Bombay Shaving Company CEO Shantanu Deshpande has also seconded Goyal

As internet trolls attacked her for her facial hair, a full-page advertisement by Gurugram-headquartered Bombay Shaving Company appeared on the front pages of some newspapers addressing her

Corporate governance should be seen as a collective and unit responsibility of all stakeholders involved in a startup, Shantanu Deshpande, founder of Bombay Shaving Company has said. He added that any lapses or deviations are a wake-up call for the ecosystem and are "deeply saddening". On funding winter, Deshpande told PTI that good companies will continue to attract capital, although they may not get a "bullish valuation" at this stage as scrutiny increases and investors turn more careful with their bets. Deshpande, who is also CEO of homegrown personal care brand Bombay Shaving Company, belongs to a growing tribe of outspoken founders scaling up new-age companies in India. Asked about the cases of corporate governance lapses in the Indian startup landscape, he said 'bad form' in companies is also a unit, collective issue and not about doing postmortems on singular data points. Corporate governance issues are "critical to fix", and the onus cannot be on the founders alone. "It is

Shantanu Deshpande, Founder and Chief Executive of Bombay Shaving Company, faced severe criticism on social media for his LinkedIn post on Tuesday that advised freshers to work 18 hours a day

The company, which is into personal care and hair removal, recently had a Rs 160 crore fund infusion and the latest one takes the overall quantum of money raised in this round to Rs 210 crore

The hair removal brand plans to launch in international markets such as: US, Europe, GCC and Australia.

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The startup designs and sells high quality shaving products online