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.
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.
We are operationally-oriented and seek to partner with entrepreneurs of high repute, building long-lasting businesses.
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.
WHO WE ARE
TEAM
Gaurav Gulati
Founder & Managing Partner
Nitin Wadhwa
Managing Partner
Ellen Rudnick
Senior Advisor
Aditya Ghosh
Senior Advisor
Sekhar Puli
Managing Partner
Ankit Nagori
Senior Advisor
Suren Gounder
Venture Partner
Mihir Kapoor
Venture Partner
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.
We are partial to businesses that have the ability to create disproportionate value through adjacencies. We invest between USD $500K and $5M.
PORTFOLIO
Fund I - $15M
Status: Fully deployed
Geography: Global
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Fund II - $50M
(AIF Category II - SEBI Registration IN/AIF2/22-23/1120)
Status: Announced
Geography: India