Akhilesh Agarwal

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in early-stage DeepTech investments.
Passionate about supporting ambitious founders.
Strong background in financial analysis and modeling.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DeepTech investment expert with a focus on innovative technologies.

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Business DevelopmentCorporate FinanceCryptocurrencyFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingInvestment BankingMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordOnline MarketingOptions StrategiesPowerPointProject ManagementPublic SpeakingSales ManagementStart-ups

About

I am a early-stage DeepTech investor passionate about supporting ambitious founders in their quest for civilizational progress. I want to invest in companies across various themes in DeepTech, including SpaceTech, BioTech, Material Sciences, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors, Robotics, and beyond.More about where and why I invest - https://www.akhilesh.vc/Passionate about entrepreneurship and will do my best to help founders in DeepTech even if we don't partner for investment.I also overdose on personal finance, so if you want to chat about personal investments, drop me a line!

Experience

Accel

Investments

Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Looking to partner with founders building difficult things. Feel free to drop me a line at akhileshagarwal@accel.com!

Blume ventures

AVP

Apr 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Investing and thesis building in DeepTech (SpaceTech, LifeSciences, BioTech, Robotics, Energy, Semiconductors, and beyond), at Pre-seed to Pre-Series A stage.
Lead Investments:
iDO Devices (seed)
MaveHealth (seed)
Optimized ElectroTech (Series A)

Angel Investor

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Investing in and working with early-stage founders building DeepTech products - my companies are building civilization-defining technologies across space logistics, earth monitoring, air transport, and small-footprint automated manufacturing, to highlight a few.
More about where and why I invest - https://www.akhilesh.vc/
I do 1 angel check / year to spend enough time with founders and build strong companies.
EtherealX (pre-seed)
Sarla Aviation (pre-seed)
GalaxEye (seed)
Leumas (seed)
BioCompute (pre-seed)

Pi ventures

2 roles

AVP

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Sector agnostic, tech-first investing and thesis building in DeepTech (BioTech, LifeSciences, SpaceTech, Robotics, Energy, Semiconductors, etc), SaaS at Seed to Pre-Series A stage.

Fellow

Jul 2020 – Mar 2021 · 8 mos

Klub

Founders' Staff

Feb 2020 – Jun 2020 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked on a bit of everything - growth, business development, sales, marketing, product!
Executed multiple workstreams from 0-1 solely and with a team
Set up the early pipeline of consumer brands and investors
Built processes for deal closure and internal workflows
Successfully funded loved consumer brands in Bangalore
Recruited talent for the marketing team

Goldman sachs

Investment Banking Analyst

Mar 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Executed multiple deals across technology, media, consumer, retail & healthcare sectors with a cumulative value of $1bn+
Worked extensively on company valuations as part of M&A advisory to local and cross-border clients
Managed the hiring process for intern and full-time hires from reputed B-schools
Managed training program for new hires including running sessions on financial modeling
Divisional Champion for Community Team Works (the community and social service arm of the firm)

Superprofs.com

Business Development Associate

Feb 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked in inside sales, marketing, and business development:
Spear-headed expansion across 18 regions and onboarded a network of over 30 partners to run online classes in physical locations via the technology platform
Onboarded over 20 most sought-after teachers across India and brought their lectures to the online platform
Recruited talent for the sales and marketing teams