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Naresh Kumar
Former General Partner at GravityX Capital
India
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Naresh Kumar leads ecosystem growth at Shelby, a data layer for AI founded by engineers from Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto, focusing on building partnerships and onboarding early customers. Previously, he spent three years at Aptos Foundation as Head of Global Expansion, launching markets in India, China, Vietnam, and Argentina, and driving ecosystem development that contributed to over 70% of the network's active accounts by 2025. His background includes roles as a software engineer at Infosys, co-founder of a video production company, digital marketing leader at Walmart Global Tech India, founding head of marketing at ClayStack, and investor in 35+ web3 startups at GravityX Capital.
Experience
- ShelbyEcosystem Growthcurrent2026 — present
- Aptos FoundationHead of Global Expansioncurrent2025 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
- Aptos FoundationHead of India2023 — 2025India
- GravityX CapitalGeneral Partner2021 — 2023
- Graviton Web3 AcceleratorCo-Founder & CMO2022 — 2023India
- ClayStackFounding Head of Marketing2020 — 2022
- ZensciencesDigital Lead (Walmart Global Tech India)2018 — 2020Bangalore
- Marvelens Studios Pvt. LtdCo-Founder & COO2016 — 2018Bangalore
- InfosysSoftware Engineer2014 — 2016Mangalore
Skills & more
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Marketing StrategyContent StrategyDigital MarketingMarketingStrategic MarketingSocial MediaDigital StrategyOnline MarketingOnline AdvertisingSocial Media Optimization (SMO)Market ResearchGo-to-market StrategyLanguages English · Hindi · Spanish · Telugu
- Product, Marketing, and Growth Bootcamp — GrowthX®
- Technical SEO — Semrush
- Advanced Twitter Strategy — HubSpot Academy
- SEO Fundamentals — Semrush
- Google Tag Manager — Google
- Google Analytics — Google
- Email Marketing Certified — HubSpot
- Content Marketing Certified — HubSpot
- Social Media Certified — HubSpot
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Naresh Kumar?
- Naresh Kumar leads ecosystem growth at Shelby, a data layer for AI founded by engineers from Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto, focusing on building partnerships and onboarding early customers. Previously, he spent three years at Aptos Foundation as Head of Global Expansion, launching markets in India, China, Vietnam, and Argentina, and driving ecosystem development that contributed to over 70% of the network's active accounts by 2025. His background includes roles as a software engineer at Infosys, co-founder of a video production company, digital marketing leader at Walmart Global Tech India, founding head of marketing at ClayStack, and investor in 35+ web3 startups at GravityX Capital.
- What check size does Naresh Kumar write?
- Naresh Kumar typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Naresh Kumar go to school?
- Naresh Kumar studied at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)); Wharton Online (Business Foundations Specialization).
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Also attended Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology4
Also attended Wharton Online25
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