Aditya Kathpalia

Director of Engineering

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia10 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Led investments in breakthrough companies across emerging markets.
Advised top firms on startup initiatives in various sectors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert with a focus on startup growth and innovation across multiple industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalBusiness Development

Other Skills

Business AnalysisBusiness StrategyEvent ManagementEvent PlanningEvents OrganisationGrowth StrategiesLeadershipMarket ResearchMarketingNew Business DevelopmentPortfolio ManagementProgram ManagementProject ManagementPublic SpeakingRelationship Building

About

Aditya has been an active evangelist of entrepreneurship and innovation for more than a decade. He is leading Orbit Ventures in India and the MENA region. As one of the most active early stage VC, Orbit invests in breakthrough companies and helps them scale across Emerging and Frontier Markets. He was previously associated with Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority as an Innovation Consultant for their Anjal Z program and Chiratae Ventures, one of the leading VCs from India as the Head of Ecosystem & Growth initiatives. Over the many years he has advised and supported some of the top firms like Shell, Reliance Jio, Target, Maersk GSC, NetApp, Intel, Google, Amazon AWS, YES Bank and Axis Bank with their initiatives for startups across Energy, FinTech, Enterprise SaaS, Health and Hardware tech sectors. Aditya holds a computer science engineering degree and got exposed to technology and coding at an early age. He is a track certified race car driver and is known for his enthusiasm for traveling and networking. Key areas of expertise: - Digital Transformation & Innovation Strategy - Sales & Business Development - Partnerships - Strategic Marketing - Events & Community Management - PR & Comms - Fundraising You can reach me at aditya.kathpalia@orbitventures.co

Experience

Orbit ventures

2 roles

Director, India & MENA

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Venture CapitalRelationship BuildingPortfolio ManagementGrowth StrategiesBusiness Development

Director, India & MENA

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

"Orbit helps breakthrough startups scale across emerging and frontier markets in Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. We are a part of the SOSV consortium"
SOSV (US$1.5 billion AUM) is a global venture capital firm providing multi-stage capital to support big ideas.

Strategyconnect inc (techstars hub71 2021)

Growth & Innovation Consultant

Sep 2021 – Apr 2022 · 7 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abu dhabi early childhood authority

Innovation Consultant

Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 · 4 mos · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Chiratae ventures (formerly idg ventures india)

Ecosystem & Growth Strategy

Sep 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Yourstory media

Program Manager- Industry Relations and Innovation

Nov 2017 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Shell

Consultant for Shell E4 Startup Hub

Nov 2017 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Link to the program: https://e4.shell.in/

Yes bank

Program Manager for YES FINTECH Accelerator

Dec 2016 – Jul 2017 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Link to the program site: http://www.yesfintech.com/

Anthill ventures

Program Manager

Nov 2016 – Oct 2017 · 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

I was looking at corporate innovation and accelerator models to connect early and growth stage startups to enterprises and helping them scale with speed.
Supported YES Bank's YESFINTECH Accelerator and MERGE platform in association with AWS.

Excubator

Chief Evangelist

Jan 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As the Chief Evangelist at Excubator, I engaged with the idea, early and growth stage startups, to connect them to the mentors at Excubator; helping them reach the next stage with deep dive engagement and hand holding.
I also took charge of our pre-acceleration program, the F369, which was meant for idea stage entrepreneurs. It was a six week program which helps you polish your entrepreneurial skills and sets your venture on the right track for the next 6-9 months. (the first batch had 10 idea and early stage startups.)
I have been responsible for on-boarding of startups and government incubators on to the sidbistartupmitra.in platform created by Excubator for SIDBI. (the platform was inaugurated by The Honorable President of India on 17th March'16 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan during festival of innovation)
I acted as the product manager for the excube360, idea analysis tool by Excubator.
Program manager, community manager, evangelist and investor relations manager for the portfolio startups.