Where does Atanu Agarrwal work?

Atanu Agarrwal is Founder of 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.

Atanu Agarrwal

Founder

Founder at Distil

India

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Atanu: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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.

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Distil's investors · 2

India QuotientBengaluru · $481K – $32M checks · since 2025 Jungle VenturesSingapore · $604K – $45M checks · since 2025

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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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.

Founder mafias

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay mafia183

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Bhavish AggarwalB.TechFounded Ola Cabs Ravi JainDual DegreeFounded Genylabs +1 Vijay ChittoorDual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech)Founded Mertado +1 Puneet KumarB. Tech.Founded Gama +1 Aman GourBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded FurtherAI +1 Vijay KrishnanB.TechFounded Turing Enterprises +1

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Narsee Monjee Educational Trust's - Jamnabai Narsee School mafia4

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Rajiv MehtaICSEFounded Stovekraft Sarthak JainFounded NanoNets Vivan AgrawalInternational Baccalaureate Diploma ProgramFounded Zarna

Lilavatibai Podar Sr Secondary School mafia2

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Advait SaravadeIndian School CertificateFounded Deep Meditate

Vedanta Capital mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Siddharth SaxenaInvestorFounded Reactiv

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay316

Bhavish AggarwalCo-founder & CEO of Ola and Ola Electric Harsh ShahVenture Partner at FJ Labs Sandeep PatilPartner, Head of Asia-Pacific at QED Investors Gaurav PorwalPartner and Chief Operating Officer at W Health Ventures Gp Llc Praneeth SrikantiTechnical Investment Partner at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Ursheet ParikhInvestor in AI, Enterprise Infrastructure, and Human & Planetary Health at Mayfield

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Also attended Lilavatibai Podar Sr Secondary School2

Pooja ShiraliDirector Investments at DSG Consumer Partners Advait SaravadeFounder at Deep Meditate

Also attended Narsee Monjee Educational Trust's - Jamnabai Narsee School4

Rajiv MehtaGeneral Partner at Athera Venture Partners Pavit SethiSenior Analyst at Yaletown Partners Sarthak JainFounder/CEO at Nanonets Vivan AgrawalFounder at Zarna

Shared employers

Also worked at Vedanta Capital6

Parag SaxenaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Vedanta Capital Shrikant SathePartner at Vedanta Capital Gonzalo CordovaPartner at Vedanta Capital Jason TronniVice President at Vedanta Capital Siddharth SaxenaInvestor at Vedanta Capital Alessandr PiolGeneral Partner at AlphaPrime Ventures

Also worked at Credit Suisse1,099

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill Ventures Nik StoronskyCo-founder & CEO of Revolut Vlad YatsenkoCo-founder & CTO of Revolut Ryan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity Partners

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