Mukul Arora
Mukul is a Co-Managing Partner at Elevation and focuses on early stage investments in consumer-tech and SaaS. Before Elevation, he worked as a management consultant at McKinsey. His portfolio includes FirstCry, Meesho, Spinny, Swiggy, Unacademy and XpressBees. Mukul is an alumnus of NSIT and IIM-Lucknow.
Founders are superheroes, and getting to partner with them is a privilege.
"I believe that the most enduring and valuable companies are built by founders who are really customer-obsessed. Such founders have a much deeper understanding of their market and consumers, and are able to come up with distinctive insights. Therefore, instead of going into meetings with founders with a very strong thesis, my approach is to go in with a completely open mind, try to understand their view of the world, and look for such insights.
The thing that I love the most about being an early-stage investor, is the opportunity to witness young founders grow exponentially and become phenomenal leaders. Itâs really fulfilling to experience the metamorphosis of my relationship with founders â from being someone who advises and mentors them, to being in a place where I get to learn so much from them. Getting to partner with such superheroes is really inspiring and energizing, and also enables me to be on a continuous learning journey."
Portfolio
- Activewear brand crafted for Indian womenMinu MargeretSeed
Bliss Club
Seed - Indiaâs largest online community for learning a new skill and unlocking a new income streamHarish UthaykumarShreyans SanchetiSeed
Bluelearn
Seed - Making entertainment accessible to millions Rajesh BalpandeParikshit DarAshish HemrajaniSeries C
Bookmyshow
Series C - Social e-commerce for the next billion usersAngad KiklaNaisheel Verdhan Seed
CityMall
Seed - Managing sales commissions on autopilotSiva Rajamani & Vivek SuriyamoorthySeries A
Everstage
Series A - Saas enabled agile manufacturing marketplace for fashion brandsPawan GuptaAbhishek Sharma Seed
Fashinza
Seed - India's largest shopping destination for baby and kids' productsSupam MaheshwariAmitava Saha Series A
Firstcry
Series A - All-in-one platform for creating visual product collateral using automationVartika BansalVidyasankar KrishnamurthySeed
Floik
Seed - Making fashion inclusive and accessible for Indian women Tanvi MalikShivani PoddarSeries B
High Street Essentials
Series B - India's largest B2B marketplace Brijesh AgrawalDinesh AgarwalIPO
Indiamart
IPO - Maxim AI is an enterprise-grade evaluation and observability platform for generative AI applications.Vaibhavi GangwarAkshay DeoSeed
Maxim AI
Seed - Social commerce platform enabling millions of micro-entrepreneursVidit AatreySanjeev Barnwal Seed
Meesho
Seed - Building an alternate higher-ed model for the India of tomorrowAnkit AgarwalVarun LimayeSeed
Mesa School
Seed - Helping Indians live healthier, fulfilling livesRevant BhateDhyanesh Shah Seed
Mosaic Wellness
Seed - Building an AI-enabled voice-over startupSneha RoyAnkur EdkieDivyanshu PandeySeed
Murf.ai
Seed - Enabling Document Workflow Automation at ScaleSarthak JainPrathamesh JuvatkarSeries A
Nanonets
Series A - India's leading full stack financial services company Vijay Shekhar SharmaSeries A
Paytm
Series A - Plobal helps brands grow build native apps and rapidly scale mobile commerce revenueAtul PoharkarSeed
Plobal Apps
Seed - Empowering product marketers in mobile-first companies to build app experiencesShubham Jindal Adarsh TadimariSeed
Plotline
Seed - Simplifying logistics across 4000 cities and with a fleet of over 50,000+ trucksDeepak GargGazal Kalra Series A
Rivigo
Series A - Social commerce platform for new-to-internet women consumersHarmin ShahAnubhav SinghRishabh VermaSeed
ShopDeck
Seed - Powering India with renewable energyNeeraj Jain, Nikhil Nahar, Shreya MishraSeries A
SolarSquare
Series A - Full stack, tech-enabled pre-owned car platformMohit GuptaRamanshu MahaurNiraj SinghSeries A
Spinny
Series A - AI driven RMM + PSA software for MSPs and internal teamsJayakumar KarumbasalamArvind ParthibanSeed
Superops.ai
Seed - Indiaâs leading on-demand food delivery platform Rahul JaiminiSriharsha MajetyNandan ReddySeed
Swiggy
Seed - Leading platform for tracking startups and private companiesAbhishek Goyal Neha SinghSeries A
Tracxn
Series A - India's leading education platform Gaurav MunjalRoman SainiHemesh SinghSeries B
Unacademy
Series B - Unifyapps is a cutting-edge âUnified Integration Platformâ powered by generative AI, revolutionizing how enterprises connect disparate applications.Pavitar SinghSumeet NandalAbhishek KuranaRachit MittalAbhinav Singi Rahul AnishettyKavish ManuboluShivam SatrawalSeed
UnifyApps
Seed - Indiaâs most loved omni channel home and living brandAnkit GargChaitanya RamalingegowdaSeries D
Wakefit
Series D - Helping creators drive commerceShaurya Gupta, Divyansh Ameta, Chandan YadavSeed
Wishlink
Seed - E-commerce logistics companyAmitava SahaSeries A
Xpressbees
Series A