Arpit Maheshwari

Arpit Maheshwari is the Principal Investor at Stellaris Venture Partners. Arpit believes entrepreneurship drives progress in society, and that India is at an inflection point where start-ups will use differentiated technology to solve long-standing problems and create large world-class companies as a result. At Stellaris, he looks forward to helping and learning from, great entrepreneurs from the very early stage of their journey. Arpit focuses on the following spaces: SaaS applications, Education, Automotive/EVs and Cleantech. Prior to Stellaris, Arpit ran Corporate Innovation for Arvind Limited, managed product and strategy for Cardekho.com’s used-cars business, and headed product management at iProf – an edtech start-up. Arpit started his career with a 3-year stint at BCG. Arpit is crazy about football, and his happiness levels depend heavily on Manchester United’s performances and results. He is a voracious reader, loves traveling, and is known to write badly. He studied at IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, and Bocconi University.