About
Vinod comes with rich and diverse experience as a serial entrepreneur of 3 startups and angel investor, with a strong understanding of marketing, business development, and technology. He is also a consultant & an advisor for startups on growth and strategy. Prior to this, he founded Simplycook.in, a meal-kit platform to provide traditional recipes with authentic ingredients to cook in 30min. He worked with JustBooks as Head of marketing & web channel operations. During his stint at JustBooks, the company grew 12x in 5 years. Before JustBooks, he worked at Emuzed (acquired by KKR,Sequoia now called Aricent) for 4 years in the mobile video/image codecs space. He is passionate about startups who use technology to solve problems at scale, and has made early-stage investments in startups. He is passionate about working at the crossroads of technology and startups. He is an ardent admirer of Sam Altman, YCombinator, and his ideas on startups.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2 investors at Kstart are tracked.
- • 5 investors hold the Associate Vice president role in VCSift. Vinod Shankar is one of them.
- • 1,424 investors are based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Location
- Bengaluru, India
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