Bombay Shirt Company

India's first online made-to-measure shirt label, started by a founder whose arms were too long for anything off the rack.

Small and new·From India·Founded 2012·Members

At a glance

Founded: 2012, as what it calls India's first online custom-made shirt brand.⁶
Founded by: Akshay Narvekar.⁴ A 2017 profile also named Simon Jacob as a co-founder.¹
Home: Mumbai.⁴
Owned by: Venture-backed. Singularity led its 2024 round, and Lightbox, Amit Patni and Arihant Patni are earlier investors.³⁴
What it sells: Custom shirts, plus a ready-to-wear wardrobe for men.⁹
Size: Revenue of ₹71.8 crore in 2024-25, up from ₹52.6 crore the year before.⁷

How it got here

2012

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BSC launched as a website. It took orders for about five shirts a day in its first year and opened its first shop, in Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, in its second.¹⁶

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