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Ashwini Anburajan

Investor

Investor at Side Door Ventures

New York, New York, United States

About

Ashwini Anburajan is Chief Executive Officer of Obi, a ridehail aggregator, and a founding partner of 22X Fund, a tokenized venture capital fund designed to broaden access to capital for founders. Her prior experience includes launching data-driven companies including Social Data Collective (acquired by 500 Startups Batch 22), whose products served major media organizations such as Hearst and A&E, and serving as an advisor and board member to multiple startups. She began her career as a journalist covering national politics and elections for NBC News.

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Experience

  1. Obi - Ridehail AggregatorChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Obi - Ridehail AggregatorChief Revenue Officer (CRO)2023 — 2025
  3. Side Door VenturesInvesting Partnercurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  4. Amazon Web Services (AWS)AWS Startup Business Development2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  5. UpsideHead of Consumer Partnerships2020 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  6. 22X FundManaging Partner2017 — 2020
  7. WeWorkHead of WeWork Labs2019 — 2020Greater New York City Area
  8. The Linux FoundationSenior Advisor Hyperledger2018 — 2019
  9. OpenUp.ioFounder & CEO2014 — 2019New York, NY
  10. BuzzFeedDirector of Partner Development2012 — 2014New York, NY
  11. Outcast MediaDirector of Business Development2011 — 2012New York, NY

Education

  1. Brown UniversityBachelor of Arts, International Relations
  2. University of CambridgeMasters of Business Administration, Strategy

Skills & more

Strategy54Management8Social Media51Digital Media72Mobile1Blogging26Advertising5Strategic Partnerships40Mobile Devices9E-commerce23Start-ups26Marketing14
+10 moreBusiness DevelopmentPublishingBusiness StrategyContent StrategyAnalyticsMarketing StrategyNew MediaDigital MarketingDigital StrategySocial Media Marketing

Languages Spanish

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Same school

Also attended Brown University327

Theresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew CapitalAlexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesJohn KimInvestor Relations at General CatalystAli Fisher SweetInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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Also attended University of Cambridge652

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erik NordlanderInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)144

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesJared SaulFormer Chief Medical Officer, Commercial Health & Life Sciences (External Advisor) at Flare Capital PartnersEllen RubinPartner at Glasswing Ventures

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Also worked at WeWork63

Isaiah Baril-DoreInvestor at Index VenturesAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesMike SteadmanFounder, Coach, USNA '10 — writing, coaching, and designing categories for underdog military veteran founders and CEOsOliver MitchellPartner at Ff Venture CapitalIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek VenturesJJ AghaChief Information Security Officer & SVP, IT at Asymmetric Capital Partners

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Also worked at The Linux Foundation6

Erica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesEric JohnsonInvestor at Khosla VenturesRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundJohn ZannosVenture Partner at Inflection.xyzAlex SalkeverPartner at Tech EquityNavroop SahdevBoard of Advisors │ Founder of Digital Economist Associate, Centre of Blockchain Technologies MIT Connections Fellow at Venture Rock

Also worked at BuzzFeed7

Will PorteousGeneral Partner and COO at RRE VenturesGuy KriefPartner at Big Pi VenturesSteven PerlbergHead of Communications at Merantix CapitalTroy OsinoffGeneral Partner at MAGIC FundJosh ZelmanManaging Director at Insight PartnersDanielle JingAssociate at Pear VC

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