Shantanu is the business development partner (Asia) for Amadeus Capital Partners Limited. Shantanu joined the firm in 2001 but since January 2005 he has focused on supporting the efforts of Amadeus’ portfolio companies doing business in Asia, while also exploring the possibilities for establishing strategic venture capital partnerships in the area. At Amadeus, Shantanu has shepherded a number of investments for the firm including: Power Paper, which produces thin and flexible batteries known as micro-power source technology; Solexa, which is developing ultra-high throughput DNA sequencing technology; Plastic Logic, which has developed a process for producing flexible plastic transistors for use in computer displays; and Red-M, a company that offers products and solutions in wireless security.

Previously Shantanu was a management consultant working for Monitor Company in London and earlier he developed Smith-Kline Beecham’s international e-business strategy. He also worked in the Indian Foreign Service for a number of years.

Shantanu holds an MBA from the London Business School, where he was a Chevening Scholar. He received a BE in Computer Engineering from the GS Institute of Technology and Science in Indore, India.

A gifted linguist, Shantanu is fluent in Japanese, Hindi, Marathi and of course, English. He is an Indian citizen.