Manik Arora

Manik holds a BA in Economics from Swarthmore College where he received a McCabe Fellowship to pursue his MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He is also a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).

Manik Arora serves as Chairman & CEO of Rise Group, a Singapore-based advisory and holding company for technology ventures. 

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Previously, he served as Founder & Managing Director of IDG Ventures India, a premier VC firm in India. During his nine years of building the firm, Manik and his colleagues made over 30 early- and expansion-stage technology investments. These include many of today's market leaders, such as Flipkart, Myntra, Firstcry, Lenskart, Xpressbees, and NestAway. 

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Prior to IDG, Manik was a technology investor at Battery Ventures in Silicon Valley and started his investment career with General Atlantic. Previously, he worked in senior sales and operating roles with i-DNS.net, American Express and MasterCard International in New York and Singapore. His early career was as a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in South East Asia. 

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Manik has been named to the Digirati list of "25 Powerful People in Indian Digital Business."

Manik served his fellowship at IDG Ventures India under mentor Sudhir Sethi as a member of Class 12. He now serves as a mentor to Class 21 member Adrian Li.