Aditya Arora

About Aditya Arora

I've invested in 130+ startups across India and emerging markets, from Seed to Series A. Along the way, I've sat with founders at every stage, from first prototype to IPO filing, and most of what I know about building companies comes from watching them do it. Ranked among Inc42's Top 10 Active Investors (2024), ET's Fastest Growing Investment Firms, and India's Top 15 Startup Investors. What I bring beyond capital: → Currently CEO at Faad Capital, a $40M SEBI-registered Category 1 fund. Angel investor and LP across Better Capital, First Cheque, Point One Capital, Huddle Ventures, and others through AngelList. → Global: YC Startup School. Represented India at HPAIR (Harvard) and the World Business Dialogue (Germany). Mentored startups at SuperCharger Ventures (Asia's #1 Fintech Accelerator). Advisor to the Government of Delhi on entrepreneurship policy. Youngest Padma Shri nominee (2020). → Author: "Startups of Bharat" (Amazon Bestseller). Stories of founders building from Jaipur, Indore, Patna, the places most investors overlook. → Market Insights: I decode markets, sectors, and founder journeys through deep-dive analyses on LinkedIn and Instagram. 30M+ views. 300K+ community. This isn't a side project; it's how I stay closest to the ecosystem I invest in. If you're building something bold, whether you need funding, mentorship, or just a sounding board, my DMs are open. Book → amzn.in/d/7WwFt5R

Experience

1. Limited Partner

   AngelList

   Aug 2020 — Present

   LP in syndicates such as Better Capital, First Cheque, Point One Capital, Huddle Ventures, DVC, SSV Ventures, Maxar VC, Expert Dojo and many others.

2. Angel Investor

   Angel Investor

   2020 — Present

   Invested personally in over 20+ high growth Startups.

3. Advisor

   Government of Delhi

   Jul 2019 — Present

   Advising on various entrepreneurship related initiatives for Delhi Government. Catalyst in rolling out the Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum Scheme and Business Blasters Programme under Govt of NCT of Delhi.

4. Chief Executive Officer

   Faad Capital

   Jan 2019 — Present · Gurgaon, India

   Faad Capital is a SEBI-registered CAT -1 fund with a Corpus of 40 million dollars. We invest in early-stage startups with cheque sizes between 100K to 1 million USD across Seed to Series A rounds. Currently, Faad has invested in 110+ Startups. Check more at www.faad.in

5. Mentor

   SuperCharger Ventures

   Oct 2020 — Jun 2022

   Mentoring the Edtech Accelerator Batch of Supercharger Ventures - Asia's #1 Fintech Accelerator with more than 50+ Companies raising 500 mn USD+ Check more at: https://www.superchargerventures.com

6. Delegate of India

   Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)

   Aug 2018 — Aug 2018 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

   Worked on the Impact Challenge of Maybank - Malaysia's Biggest Bank. Also attended panel discussions and seminars on Entrepreneurship in South East Asia.

7. Delegate of India

   World Business Dialogue

   Mar 2018 — Mar 2018

   Represented India amongst 180+ Country Delegates across the World. Built Insurance Models with Zurich Insurance Group - A Fortune 500 Company.

8. Intern

   FICCI

   Mar 2017 — Jun 2017

   Conceptualized and hosted India's largest Media, Bollywood and Business event - FICCI Frames

9. Manager

   Quora

   Aug 2016 — Aug 2016

   Building Quorans across Delhi. Conducted 45+ meetups including 3 World Quora Meetup, to discuss about some raging topics and themes from all around the world.

10. Co- Leader

    MASH Project

    Jul 2016 — Oct 2017

    Mash Project is a youth-led not for profit organisation which aims to create social change through the vehicles of technology. Nexus is a programme which provides subsidised and pro - bono consulting to beneficiary clients. The solutions are in lieu with the ones provided by the service experts and are therefore relevant and effective. We have already done many projects with organisations Pan India.These can be of website, brochure designing, communications handling, social media marketing and many more. My role is to lead the team which becomes the account managers of these projects.

11. Talent Management Team

    Feeding India

    Mar 2016 — Mar 2016

    Building Volunteer chapters of Feeding India (acquired by Zomato) in various cities pan India.

Education

• Apeejay School

  Business/Commerce, General

  2001 — 2015

• Shaheed Sukhdev College Of Business Studies

  Bachelor's degree · Finance and investment

  2015 — 2018

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Management
• Leadership
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Team Management