Aditi Maliwal
General Partner
Upfront Ventures
General Partner at Upfront Ventures investing in early-stage fintech and enterprise software, with a focus that includes vertical SaaS and AI applications and infrastructure.
Bio
Professional summary
Alex Marley is on the investment team at Upfront Ventures, which he joined in 2025 after investing at Lux Capital and completing the Schwarzman Scholars program in Asia. Before Lux, he was the first controls engineer at Cometeer and helped commission the company’s first full-scale manufacturing facility. He previously served as a Managing Partner at Dorm Room Fund investing in AI/ML startups and spent years in research labs focused on integrated photonics, neural interfacing devices, and machine vision models.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Upfront VenturesInvestment Team2025 – Present
- Lux CapitalInvestor
- Schwarzman ScholarsSchwarzman Scholar
- CometeerControls Engineer
- Dorm Room FundManaging Partner
Education
- Northeastern UniversityElectrical Engineering and Economics
- Tsinghua UniversityMaster of Management Science
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