AA

Aunkur Arya

Relaxation.

San Francisco, California

Investor
VC
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $8,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $12,000,000.00

Skills

Mobile Commerce
User Interface Design
OEMs
Mobile Advertising
Mobile Devices
Mobile Operators

Education

Lists including Aunkur

AA
BC
CM
CT

Ex-Paypal employees who invest

53 people

AH
AE
AF
AJ

Based in SF

3077 people

AT
AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14748 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19691 people

Work Experience

A
Appcharge

2025

  • Investor

    2025

MT
Modern Treasury

2020

  • Investor

    2020

P
Parafin

2020

  • Investor

    2020

M
Middesk

2019

  • Investor

    2019

MV
Menlo Ventures

2022 - 2025

  • Board Partner

    2024 - 2025

  • Venture Partner

    2022 - 2024

VC
Various Companies

2018 - 2022

  • Family (and investing) time

    2018 - 2022

    Took a break from Operating to spend time with my family and to advise and invest in early-stage Fintech companies.

CF
Collaborative Fund

2022 - 2022

  • Advisor

    2022 - 2022

T
TPG

2022 - 2022

  • Senior Advisor

    2022 - 2022

P
PayPal

2014 - 2018

  • SVP/GM Braintree and Venmo BD

    2014 - 2018

B
Braintree

2012 - 2018

  • Sr. Vice President/GM (Mobile, BD, Venmo)

    2012 - 2018

    Early executive at Accel-backed Braintree. Led Mobile business unit, Global Business Development for Braintree and Venmo, and opened San Francisco HQ. Post acquisition (2014 - 2018), I led partnerships and go-to-market for PayPal’s large, strategic deals including Apple, Google, Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, Paypal One Touch, and Pay-with-Venmo.