Jul 2022 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• arai@accel.com - early stage investments. Please reach out if you're building!

Aug 2021 – Jul 2022 · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Part of the Private Equity Group; handling DDs and portfolio work for leading PE/VC clients.
• Professional slide aligner and excel monkey.

May 2021 – Jul 2021 · 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Helped build the Moj LIVE product from scratch (0 to MVP).
• Partly responsible to keep ~100M Indians doomscrolling on their phones.

Feb 2021 – Apr 2021 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Live projects for automotive and financial services clients.
• As an intern, (over)confidently advised CEOs what is wrong with the businesses they've run for 20+ years.

Aug 2020 – Sep 2020 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Evaluated seed-stage startups for investment opportunities; mini-dives/thesis on : Agritech, Sexual Wellness.

Jul 2020 – Sep 2020 · 2 mos

• Worked with the NUS Academic Director of MBA Programs. Analysed and developed a business case study on how Fujifilm successfully pivoted from film cameras to cosmetics (while rival Kodak withered away in the digital age).

Apr 2020 – Feb 2021 · 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Editorial team at the IITB campus media body - launched and scaled two 0 to 1 initiatives.
• Wrote deeply researched pieces on key on-ground issues plaguing the campus - while sitting at home, in COVID :).

Apr 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Led a team of 80 volunteers. Convinced 100+ VCs/angels, top CXOs and founders to grace the IIT Bombay campus for free.

Mar 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• The UMIC (Unmesh Mashruwala Innovation Cell) team worked to (successfully) build a driverless car that could navigate Indian roads.
• I worked to find sponsors that were willing to fund this project (and the late night coffees of the engineers working on it).