Gaurav Arora

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in technology and startups.
Led AWS's startup initiatives across Asia Pacific and Japan.
Recognized thought leader in innovation and hiring practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and startup ecosystem expert with extensive leadership experience.

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ARMASICBusiness DevelopmentCompetitive AnalysisComputer ArchitectureConsultingCorporate DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipDebuggingEmbedded SystemsEntrepreneurshipGo-to-market StrategyLeadershipMergers & AcquisitionsPerl

About

Seasoned and well-rounded leader with over 2 decades of cross-functional experience centered around technology and startups. Consistent track record across multiple continents in operationalizing & scaling startup focused business, scaling partner & alliances, investing in startups, VC ecosystem business development, delivering complex design engineering projects and leading multi-cultural teams across Asia Pacific and Japan. Passionate about building and accelerating new businesses internally as part of the foundational core teams such as at AWS and AMD in India/APJ and also externally by enabling startups unleash innovation by leveraging technology. Active thought leader and regular speaker at key startup events and media forums on emerging technology trends, Culture of Innovation, Hiring Best Practices, Amazon mechanisms and startup initiatives. Recognized as an inclusive, balanced and trusted leader with a unique blend of technical and business acumen.

Experience

Devrev

2 roles

Global Head of Startups, PLG and Partner Business

May 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Excited to take on an expanded role supporting the growth of the global Partnerships & Alliances business, alongside scaling the Startups & PLG business business. Looking forward to collaborating with our startup and partner ecosystem to help companies experience conversational AI at work with DevRev.

Global Head of PLG and Startups Business

Aug 2024 – May 2025 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

I am excited to be a 'Builder' once again with this rocketship startup and leading the Product-led growth (PLG) and Startup business globally. When every employee adopts a “product-thinking” mindset, customer-centricity transcends from a department to become a culture. Let's connect so you can experience first-hand the magic of seamlessly connecting product teams (Dev) with customers (Rev)!

Amazon web services (aws)

2 roles

Managing Director, Startup Business, Asia Pacific and Japan

Dec 2021 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Singapore

Leading a cross-functional team across APJ committed to supporting the region’s most exciting startups, helping founders and entrepreneurs succeed on the journey from inception to IPO. Operationalised the first-ever dedicated startup segment in APJ and delivered region’s fastest segment growth over the last 3 years.

Director & Head of Startup Ecosystem, Asia Pacific and Japan

Dec 2017 – Dec 2021 · 4 yrs · Singapore

Scaled the Startup Ecosystem function and led multi-cultural teams across Asia Pacific and Japan. Established and scaled multiple programs across the startup lifecycle, including Activate that evolved as the flagship startup program of AWS with $1B+ credits issued in APJ till-date.

Amazon internet services

Head of Startup & VC Ecosystem, India

Jan 2013 – Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Founded and led the Startup ecosystem function in India that worked closely with the leading VC firms, accelerators, and incubators, to support their portfolio companies as mentors and advisors at every stage from building the best technology solutions to leveraging the broader Amazon network to unlock new go-to-market and expansion opportunities.

Prime ventures (vc)

Investment Professional

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs · Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Drove deal-flow, deal diligence and portfolio management for early and growth stage technology companies in Europe and Middle East. Supported 2 successful deal closures and board operations of 2 semiconductor startups.

Nokia

Strategy Consultant (MBA Global Consulting Project)

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · United Kingdom

Proposed 14 strategic value propositions to enhance Smartphone sales. 5 propositions worth €8M yearly revenue impact accepted for implementation

Intel corporation

Strategic Finance Analyst (Secondment)

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · United Kingdom

Analysed corporate strategy for AppUp, Intel’s application store; influenced closure of a $100M AppUp fund from Intel Capital for content development and execution.

Amd

Technical Lead

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 · 4 yrs

Excelled across complete chip design flow right from frontend coding & verification to backend chip design implementation for 65, 45 and 32nm technologies. Impacted the implementation strategy for efficient power management design to boost battery life of AMD laptops. Part of the foundational 20-member team and recognised as AMD’s ‘Best Employee’ in 2006 for significant contributions towards establishing India operations that grew 20-fold in 4 years. Won several awards for service excellence, scripting initiatives and successfully filing over 6 research papers in global technology conferences.