About
Atanu Agarrwal is the co-founder and CEO of Distil, a specialty chemicals company based in India serving industries including personal care, polymers, and flavours and fragrances. He previously ran Upside AI, a quantitative asset management firm, and worked at Vedanta Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm, where his experience spanned investments, portfolio management, and exits. He has also been involved in raising SPACs and taking a company public on the NASDAQ through a merger.
Founder at Distil
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Experience
- DistilCo-founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
- UpsideCo-founder2017 — 2023Mumbai Metropolitan Region
- SPACs - Tenzing Acquisition Corp and Eucrates Biomedical Acquisition CorpVice President2018 — 2021New York, United States
- Vedanta CapitalVice President2012 — 2021New York, United States
- Credit SuisseAnalyst2011 — 2012Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Skills & more
Investment Banking15Bloomberg7Financial Modeling25Quantitative Finance20Equities5Valuation5Strategy2Business Analysis2Corporate Finance2Business Strategy3Team Management2Analytics3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Atanu Agarrwal?
- Atanu Agarrwal is the co-founder and CEO of Distil, a specialty chemicals company based in India serving industries including personal care, polymers, and flavours and fragrances. He previously ran Upside AI, a quantitative asset management firm, and worked at Vedanta Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm, where his experience spanned investments, portfolio management, and exits. He has also been involved in raising SPACs and taking a company public on the NASDAQ through a merger.
- Where does Atanu Agarrwal work?
- Atanu Agarrwal is Founder of Distil.
- What companies did Atanu Agarrwal found?
- Atanu Agarrwal founded Distil.
- Where did Atanu Agarrwal go to school?
- Atanu Agarrwal studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) & Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Materials Science); Ramniranjan Podar; Lilavatibai Podar Sr Secondary School.
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay160
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Also attended Lilavatibai Podar Sr Secondary School2
Also attended Narsee Monjee Educational Trust's - Jamnabai Narsee School3
Shared employers
Also worked at Credit Suisse600
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