Aditya Kumaran

Senior Manager - Investments at Times Bridge

Aditya Kumaran has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Aditya is currently working as a Senior Manager - Investments and Partnerships at Times Bridge, where they are responsible for bringing global new-age companies to India. Some of the companies in their current portfolio include Uber, Airbnb, Coursera, Stack Overflow, and Headspace.

Prior to their current role, Aditya worked as an Investor at a Private Fund, where they invested across different asset classes and structures. Aditya was involved in key projects such as entering into a private capital partnership with a large European multinational and conducting bottom-up analysis for investment opportunities.

Aditya also has experience in business development, having worked as a Senior Business Development Manager at Zilingo. Additionally, they worked as an Assistant Manager - New Business Development at TotalEnergies, where they played a crucial role in launching new products and developing a software called Total EasyGas.

In the entrepreneurship sector, Aditya has founded two companies. Aditya was the Founding Partner of Bresserts, a gourmet FMCG company, where they successfully grew the company to over 15 SKUs and achieved distribution at major retail outlets. Aditya also served as a Founding Partner of Gravitale, an incubator and developer of luxury skincare products that achieved best-seller status on various e-commerce platforms.

Furthermore, Aditya has gained valuable experience during their time as a Research Intern at Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs and as a Senior Consultant at Environmental Intellect. Aditya also completed a Product Development Internship at Orbitz Worldwide.

Overall, Aditya Kumaran's work experience showcases their expertise in investments, business development, entrepreneurship, and consulting.

Aditya Kumaran earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Technology and Finance from Esade, where they studied from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, they attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2008 to 2012, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering. Information about Aditya's earlier education at Jakarta Intercultural School, American International School Dhaka, and The British School of Paris is not provided, so their degree and field of study during those times are unknown.

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Timeline

  • Senior Manager - Investments

    November, 2021 - present