Arjun Mehta

Partner

Banyan Ridge Ventures, a seed fund for B2B software in India and Southeast Asia

Two-time founder, now writing first cheques. Happiest in the messy months before product-market fit.

Bengaluru & Singapore

About

Arjun invests at seed in B2B software companies across India and Southeast Asia. He backs technical founders early, often before there is a deck, and stays close through the first hires and first hundred customers.

Before investing he co-founded Parcelwise, a delivery software company acquired in 2019, and was an engineer and product manager for eight years. He hosts a podcast about the first cheque a startup ever raises.

Highlights

seed investments since joining Banyan Ridge in 2019

companies founded, one acquired

portfolio exits so far

Host, First Cheque podcast

Founders retell the story of their very first fundraise

Experience

2022 – now

PartnerBanyan Ridge Ventures, Bengaluru
2019 – 2022

PrincipalBanyan Ridge Ventures, Singapore
2015 – 2019

Co-founder & CPOParcelwise, Bengaluru

2012 – 2015

Product ManagerQuanta Softworks, Pune
2010 – 2012

Software EngineerQuanta Softworks, Pune

Works on

Venture Capital
Seed Investing
B2B SaaS
Product Strategy
Founder Coaching
Pricing
Marketplaces

Education

2006 – 2010

IIT BombayBTech, Computer Science