Arpan Punyani
Co-founder and General Partner·Garuda Ventures
Bio
Professional summary
Arpan Punyani is Co-founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures. His official Garuda profile says he previously worked at Okta as Director of Corporate Development, joining in 2013 as an early employee and helping build key inorganic growth functions including M&A, Okta Ventures, and strategic partnerships. The profile says he helped execute early M&A transactions across security, developer tools, DevOps, and IT workflows, and that he has also been an active angel and fund investor since 2014. Earlier in his career, he worked as a corporate lawyer and as an equity research associate covering technology at Bloomberg LP and Credit Suisse.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Emphasize enterprise software, developer infrastructure, security, or workflow automation themes, especially where corporate development or strategic partnership experience could be relevant.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Okta scaling experience from early stage through IPO and public-company growth
- 2Background spanning law, technology equity research, corporate development, angel investing, and fund investing
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Garuda VenturesCo-Founder & General PartnerPresent
Education
- University of Pennsylvania
Skills
Other partners at Garuda Ventures
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