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Aditya Kathpalia

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Leading Orbit Ventures in India and the MENA region at Orbit Startups · Director of India & MENA at Chinaccelerator

India and the MENA region

About

Aditya Kathpalia leads Orbit Ventures across India and the MENA region and has worked in entrepreneurship and innovation for over a decade. He previously served as an Innovation Consultant for the Anjal Z program at the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority and as Head of Ecosystem & Growth initiatives at Chiratae Ventures in India. He holds a computer science engineering degree and has advised large firms on their startup initiatives across energy, fintech, enterprise SaaS, health, and hardware sectors.

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Experience

  1. Orbit VenturesDirector, India & MENAcurrent2022 — present
  2. Orbit VenturesDirector, India & MENAcurrent2022 — presentIndia & MENA
  3. StrategyConnect Inc (Techstars Hub71 2021)Growth & Innovation Consultant2021 — 2022Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  4. Abu Dhabi Early Childhood AuthorityInnovation Consultant2021 — 2022Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
  5. Chiratae Ventures (Formerly IDG Ventures India)Ecosystem & Growth Strategy2019 — 2021Greater Bengaluru Area
  6. YourStory MediaProgram Manager- Industry Relations and Innovation2017 — 2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  7. ShellConsultant for Shell E4 Startup Hub2017 — 2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  8. Anthill VenturesProgram Manager2016 — 2017Greater Hyderabad Area
  9. YES BANKProgram Manager for YES FINTECH Accelerator2016 — 2017Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  10. ExcubatorChief Evangelist2015 — 2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. MRIUBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science2009 — 2013
  2. Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram1995 — 2009

Skills & more

Relationship Building1Management25Public Speaking15Strategic Planning8Teamwork6Leadership5Team Management5Strategy1Venture Capital1Portfolio Management1Growth Strategies1Entrepreneurship17
+12 moreStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentResearchEvent PlanningBusiness StrategyMarketingMarket ResearchBusiness AnalysisProject ManagementNew Business DevelopmentEvent ManagementEvents Organisation

Languages English · Hindi

  • Automation and PLC Design — Lahti University of Applied Sciences
  • Global Scholars Program — iCarnegie Global Learning

From Aditya's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram31

Sunil RaoCOO, SVP Finance at Plum Alley InvestmentsRohini PrakashHead of Finance at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxVrinda GuptaInvestment Analyst at Titan CapitalGurdeep Singh KohliGlobal Head of Enterprise Innovation, Standard Chartered at SC VenturesKeshav GoelAnalyst at Dell Technologies Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Chiratae Ventures (Formerly IDG Ventures India)4

Karan MohlaGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalArpit MittalPartner at Threshold VenturesSarthak BiswasInvestor at Kae CapitalRuchira ShuklaInvestor at Prime Venture Partners

Also worked at Shell75

Elina HolkkoPartner and CFO at Lifeline VenturesKatie ClasenPartner at Prelude VenturesSamuel MugoyaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesBikram DangInvestor Relations at Group 11Mira InbarPartner at ArcTern VenturesDinesh GanesanPrincipal at ArcTern Ventures

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Also worked at YES BANK14

MANAN ANANDAssociate at growX VenturesSunitha ViswanathanPartner at Kae CapitalAbhishant PantInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesRavinder VashistPartner at Roots VenturesNitin MenonManaging Partner at NV CapitalVivek MenonManaging Partner at NV Capital

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Colleagues at Orbit Startups

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Alok Somani
CFO at Orbit Startups
Amani Alshaikhmubarak
Director, Saudi Arabia at Orbit Startups
Ander Gonzalez
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Carrie Chang
Finance Manager at Orbit Startups
Chenchen Liu
Assistant General Counsel at Orbit Startups
Ching-Ping Lin
Partner & COO at Orbit Startups
Daniel Osorio Peña
Investment Analyst at Orbit Startups