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About Us

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Aroa Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with a multi-sector and multi-stage investment strategy. 

 

Aroa Venture Partners was founded in 2020 by Gaurav Gulati with the vision of becoming India's foremost venture capital firm, backing mission-driven entrepreneurs who deliver both strong returns and positive societal impact. 

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At aroa, we focus on early to growth-stage businesses across sectors. We believe that the long-term environment will always be favorable for making value-add investments in companies with proven unit economics and high potential to scale.  

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We are operationally-oriented and seek to partner with entrepreneurs of high repute, building long-lasting businesses.

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Beyond capital, our team of serial entrepreneurs and experienced professionals

work alongside portfolio companies to accelerate their growth and to deliver better

risk-adjusted returns.

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WHO WE ARE

TEAM 

Gaurav Gulati - Aroa Venture Partners
Nitin Wadhwa - Aroa Venture Partners

Gaurav Gulati

Founder & Managing Partner

Nitin Wadhwa

Managing Partner

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Ellen Rudnick - Senior Advisor - Aroa Venture Partners

Ellen Rudnick

Senior Advisor

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Aditya Ghosh - Senior Advisor - Aroa Venture Partners,  Co Founder of Akasa Air

Aditya Ghosh

Senior Advisor

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Sekhar Puli

Sekhar Puli

Managing Partner

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Ankit Nagori, Senior Advisor, Aroa Venture Partner; Founder of CureFoods EatFit;  Chief Business Officer FlipKart

Ankit Nagori

Senior Advisor

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Suren Gounder

Venture Partner

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Mihir Kapoor, Venture Partner, Aroa

Mihir Kapoor

Venture Partner

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Investment

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

PASSION

To build products and services which customers love.

INTEGRITY

To do the right thing, always, even when no one's looking.

LEADERSHIP

To inspire and lead even in challenging times.

FOUNDERS

REVENUE

Up to $10M p.a.

GROWTH

YoY 20%+

PROFITABILITY

Proven unit economics

COMPANY

WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE

GROWTH MINDSET

We help to engrain best practices required to take your  company from One to Ten.

OPERATIONAL FOCUS

We foster strategic thinking while helping to sharpen the 

focus on execution.

GLOBAL REACH

We provide access to best-in-class resources locally and globally through our extended network.

Strengths

We are partial to businesses that have the ability to create disproportionate value through adjacencies. We invest between USD $500K and $5M.

Porfolio

PORTFOLIO 

Fund I - $15M

Status:  Fully deployed 

Geography:  Global

Cars24, Cred, Zetwerk, MagicPin, Pine Labs, Mobile Premiere League, Urban Company, Joe & The Juice, Clear Dekho,  Ritesh Agarwal, Gaurav Gulati, Aroa Venture Partners

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Fund II - $50M

(AIF Category II - SEBI Registration IN/AIF2/22-23/1120)

Status:  Announced

Geography:  India

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