Arpan Ajmera
Principal at VU Venture Partners
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2023 - Current
Notable Investments: Spyce (acq), GoStops, Flyr, Contraline, Equii, Hadean, Franshares, Touchcast (Acq), Room (Acq), Xplore, AoA Dx, Doorstead, Isaac Health, Bear Flag Robotics (Acq)
Investment Associate
2020 - 2023
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
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