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Aunkur Arya

Board Partner at Menlo Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Aunkur Arya is a Board Partner at Menlo Ventures in San Francisco, with a background as a former Operating Executive. He has made significant investments in various companies and serves as a board member, showcasing expertise in mobile commerce and user interface design. Arya's career highlights include serving as a Senior Vice President and General Manager at PayPal for Braintree and Venmo Business Development, as well as his current role as a Board Partner at Menlo Ventures, where he focuses on investing in FinTech and other sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

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Appcharge

  • Investor

    2025 - Current

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Modern Treasury

  • Investor

    2020

Modern Treasury offers a payment operations platform to simplify and modernize business payments.

Raised $183,000,000.00 from NewView Capital, SVB Capital, Artisanal Ventures, Four Cities Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Benchmark, TQ Ventures, Mischief, Altimeter Capital and Quiet Capital.

moderntreasury.com
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Parafin

  • Investor

    2020

Growing small businesses through embedded financial services enabled on the very platforms on which SMBs sell & transact

Raised $462,000,000.00 from Trinity Capital, Jefferies Financial Group, Trinity Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Atalaya Capital and Jefferies Financial Group.

parafin.com
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Middesk

  • Investor

    2019

Middesk is an identity platform that automates business verification and underwrites decisions.

Raised $77,000,000.00 from Gaingels, Accel, Canapi Ventures, Insight Partners and Sequoia Capital.

middesk.com
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Menlo Ventures

  • Board Partner

    2024 - 2025

  • Venture Partner

    2022 - 2024

Menlo Ventures provides capital for consumer, enterprise, and life science technologies from seed to growth stages.

menlovc.com
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Various Companies

  • 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.

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Collaborative Fund

  • Advisor

    2022 - 2022

Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.

collabfund.com
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TPG

  • Senior Advisor

    2022 - 2022

TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a series of funds.

Raised $535,598,425.00 from Macquarie Group, Ares Management, Nomura Holdings, Pierfront Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Partners Group and Barings.

tpg.com
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PayPal

  • SVP/GM Braintree and Venmo BD

    2014 - 2018

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Braintree

  • 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.

Braintree's payment platform provides all the tools online and mobile businesses need to accept payments.

Raised $69,000,000.00 from Accel, Greycroft, New Enterprise Associates and RRE Ventures.

braintreepayments.com

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