About
Raised in Amritsar, India, and educated at IIT Kanpur and NYU, he worked at a high-frequency trading firm and then Meta (Core Ads and Libra) before becoming Head of Product at FTX, where he led FTX Ventures and backed Anthropic, Cursor, and Solana.
Experience
- Original CapitalPartnercurrent2024 — present
- FTX: Cryptocurrency Derivatives ExchangeHead of Product2020 — 2022
- FacebookVarious Roles2015 — 2020
- Goldman SachsInvestment Strategy Group, Investment Management Division2013 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- IV Capital / IVC AmericasQuant Research/Trading2012New York City Metropolitan Area
Colleagues at Original Capital
Network3
Alexander PackScout
Managing Partner at Hack VC
Andrew JonesScout
Chief Risk Officer at Apex Group
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Brian LongScout
Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ramnik Arora?
- Raised in Amritsar, India, and educated at IIT Kanpur and NYU, he worked at a high-frequency trading firm and then Meta (Core Ads and Libra) before becoming Head of Product at FTX, where he led FTX Ventures and backed Anthropic, Cursor, and Solana.
- Where does Ramnik Arora work?
- Ramnik Arora is Founder at Original Capital.
- Where did Ramnik Arora go to school?
- Ramnik Arora studied at Stanford University (Computer Science); New York University; Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Math and Computer Science).
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Jonathan RossFounder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU — now at NvidiaGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesZach WhiteInvestment Team at 8VCAnkita TiwariPrograms Manager at StartX
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Shared employers
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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash
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