# Maneesh Arora, CEO & Co-Founder

> Maneesh Arora, CEO & Co-Founder. 19 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/maneesh-arora (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Mountain View, US · Angel

# Maneesh Arora

CEO & Co-Founder at [Nikesh Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)

Latest rounds

- **Telepathic** Seed · $1.2M Sept 2015
- **CloudPeeps** Seed Dec 2014
- **SnapUp** Seed · $600k Jul 2014

Backs *Engineering* *Financial Services* *IT Services* *Advertising & Adtech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 19 last Sept 2015
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 19 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Nikesh Arora
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Nikesh Arora** VC firm · IN **3** cheques in 12 months **22** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 19
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $16.4M
- **Active:** 2010–15

2015

- [Telepathic](https://millionrounds.com/company/telepathic) *Seed* **$1.2M** Sept 2015 Joined · +8 investors · historical

2014

- [CloudPeeps](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudpeeps) *Seed* *US* Dec 2014 Joined · +17 investors · historical
- [SnapUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/snapup) *Seed* **$600k** *US* Jul 2014 Joined · +8 investors · historical

2013

- [Remind](https://millionrounds.com/company/remind) *Series A* **$3.5M** *US* Sept 2013 Joined · +4 investors · historical
- [Circa](https://millionrounds.com/company/circa) *Round* **$1.1M** *US* Aug 2013 Joined · +4 investors · historical
- [Sensor Tower](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensor-tower) *Venture* **$1M** *US* Aug 2013 Joined · +7 investors · historical
- [App.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/app-io) *Seed* **$1.1M** *AU* May 2013 Joined · +6 investors · historical

2012

- [Tracks.by](https://millionrounds.com/company/tracks-by) *Seed* *US* Aug 2012 Joined · +17 investors · historical
- [Tokyo Otaku Mode](https://millionrounds.com/company/tokyo-otaku-mode) *Seed* *JP* Jul 2012 Joined · +3 investors · historical
- [PostRocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/postrocket) *Seed* **$610k** *US* May 2012 Joined · +6 investors · historical
- [Circa](https://millionrounds.com/company/circa) *Seed* **$900k** *US* Apr 2012 Joined · +22 investors · historical
- [Remind](https://millionrounds.com/company/remind) *Seed* **$1M** *US* Jan 2012 Joined · +11 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **16**
- Round **1**
- Series A **1**
- Venture **1**

What they backed

Engineering **2** Financial Services **2** IT Services **2** Advertising & Adtech **1** B2B **1** Internet **1**

Alongside

- [500 Startups *5*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)
- [Dave Morin *3*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dave-morin)
- [Matt Mullenweg *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-mullenweg)
- [Naval Ravikant *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)
- [Shan Mehta *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shan-mehta)
- [Aayush Phumbhra *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aayush-phumbhra)
- Adam Strong *1*
- [Alex Le *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-le)

The latest 12 of 19. Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [9GAG](https://millionrounds.com/startup/9gag)
- [AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/startup/angellist)
- [Appio](https://millionrounds.com/startup/appio)
- [AwayFind](https://millionrounds.com/startup/awayfind)
- [Beeline Bikes](https://millionrounds.com/startup/beeline-bikes)
- [Blockstack](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockstack)
- [Blueshift](https://millionrounds.com/startup/blueshift-2)
- [Buffer](https://millionrounds.com/startup/buffer-2)
- [Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/startup/carbon-11)
- [CareDox](https://millionrounds.com/company/caredox)
- [Carta](https://millionrounds.com/startup/carta-2)
- [Chariot](https://millionrounds.com/startup/chariot)
- [Circa](https://millionrounds.com/startup/circa-3)
- [CloudPeeps](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cloudpeeps)
- [Craft Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/startup/craft-coffee)
- [Cubii](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cubii)
- [Elevate](https://millionrounds.com/startup/elevate-15)
- [FastCustomer](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fastcustomer)
- [FirstLine](https://millionrounds.com/startup/firstline)
- [HOOKED](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hooked)
- [Haven](https://millionrounds.com/startup/haven-9)
- [Hipset](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hipset)
- [HoneyBook](https://millionrounds.com/company/honeybook)
- [Humanoid](https://millionrounds.com/company/humanoid)
- [Instawork](https://millionrounds.com/company/instawork)
- [Kidblog](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kidblog-inc)
- [Lever](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lever-3)
- [Lob](https://millionrounds.com/company/lob)
- [Lovely](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lovely)
- [Mirror](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirror)
- [Movity](https://millionrounds.com/startup/movity)
- [Opendoor](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendoor)
- [Orion](https://millionrounds.com/startup/orion-2)
- [Poshmark](https://millionrounds.com/company/poshmark)
- [PostRocket](https://millionrounds.com/startup/postrocket)
- [Postmates](https://millionrounds.com/company/postmates)

36 of 67 companies.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Other investment fund **Arora Elephas Fund LLC, Series One** Managing Member of the Series Manager since 2025
- SEC Form D · Company raising **OPENPHONE INC** Executive Officer, Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **EXACT SCIENCES CORP** Executive Officer since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Nikesh Arora

- [**Sachin Bansal** Chairman *11 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sachin-bansal)
- [**Paul Singh** Managing Partner *7 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-singh-3)
- [**Nikesh Arora** Chairman CEO *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nikesh-arora)
- [**Sandeep Tandon** Partner *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sandeep-tandon)
- [**Shaun Arora** Chief Executive Officer *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/shaun-arora-2)
- [**Josh Silverman** CEO *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-silverman)
- [**Jitendra Gupta** Founder & CEO *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jitendra-gupta)
- [**Kumar Saurabh** CEO and Co-Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kumar-saurabh)

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