Arpan Ajmera
Principal at VU Venture Partners
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2023 - Current
Notable Investments: Flyr, Figure Ai, Contraline, Equii, Hadean, Orchard Robotics, Waydev, Franshares, Touchcast, Xplore, AoA Dx, Doorstead, Buyandship
Investment Associate
2020 - 2023
Notable Investments: Varda, Isaac Health, Bear Flag Robotics (Acq), Wayflyer, Natilus, Room (Acq), Grabango, SAVii (Acq), Integriculture, OrbitFab, Regent Craft, Membio (Acq), Redcliffe Labs
VU Venture Partners is a multi-sector and multi-stage venture capital fund and is a scalable venture capital fund platform.
Angel Investor
2021
US/Europe: Avol, Equii, Regent, Wayflyer, Natilus, Mojo Vision, Metadata, Doorstead, Novameat, Finless Foods, Oxygen Asia: Integriculture, Mr. Yum, GoStops, Beiyo Africa: Gozem, MarketForce
Chief of Staff
2020
Helping Professionals Understand Venture Capital
Accelerator Director - NYC
2021 - 2022
FoundersBoost is a free, mentor and community-led, six-week program designed to help early-stage founders. The program supports them in navigating go-to-market strategies, hiring, product development, and investment. Companies that have participated in the program have raised over $200 million in funding from top investors.
FoundersBoost Toronto leads pre-seed stage startups towards Accelerators, Investment, and/or Revenue (AIR) with no fees or equity taken.
Analyst
2018 - 2019
ZX Ventures is the global investment and innovation group of AB InBev.
ZX Ventures is a venture capital fund (backed by Anheuser-Busch InBev) focused on innovation in/around the beverage category.
Research Intern
2017 - 2017
Business Analyst Intern
2015 - 2015
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
2014 - 2018