Naveen Agarwal

Board Director | GenAI | Strategy | P&L | Financial Services | Healthcare

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2024
VC🌍 United States
7
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3
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Late stage
18y
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Mar 2024
About Mercurius Media Capital (MMC) MMC, the first dedicated U.S. media-for-equity fund, empowers high-potential startups and enterprises through strategic media investments. We leverage a unique media-for-equity model, backed by a robust network of top-tier media companies, to enhance their market presence, amplify brand visibility, and drive substantial business growth. Our Mission: Our primary mission is to support U.S.-based startups by preserving their cash reserves while fueling brand acceleration through targeted media exposure. This enables startups to allocate their resources more efficiently, all while benefiting from premium advertising and media placements that might otherwise be out of reach, including Sinclair Broadcast Group, Televisa Univision, Atmosphere TV, Willow TV, and others. We foster a dynamic ecosystem that drives success for both media companies and startups by aligning their interests through our media-for-equity model. This approach ensures media companies have a vested interest in the growth and success of their partners. For non-U.S. companies seeking to scale in the U.S., we offer Mercurius Bridge: scaling international success in the U.S. A strategic initiative, Mercurius Bridge supports international companies with established product-market fit, aiming to scale in the U.S. Integrating media capital investments and a curated network of local service providers, the program streamlines market entry and accelerates brand growth. Participants gain access to critical resources, strategic networks, and expert guidance, including consumer engagement strategies and connections to key go-to-market media partners. For more Information, visit https://www.mmc.us/mercuriusbridge Media companies interested in partnering with us or learning more about our model can contact our Investor Relations team at Devesh@mmc.us. For more information about how we can help your startup scale through the power of media, visit us at: www.mmc.us
Board Member
Sep 2023
2021.AI serves the growing business need for full oversight and management of applied AI. Our expertise in data science combined with the AI platform GRACE is a business differentiator for clients and partners worldwide. GRACE is a key component for organizations to solve some of the most complex business problems with AI while providing comprehensive data and AI Governance capability for responsible, transparent, and trustworthy model development. 2021.AI is headquartered in Copenhagen, with employees in five locations globally.
Investor
Mar 2022
Our mission is to democratize home ownership for everyone. Making homeownership simpler, faster — and most importantly, more accessible for all. PT Ringkas Asia Technology is officially recorded with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and is a member of AFTECH Indonesia and has been registered with the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemkominfo).
Investor
May 2019
Zenarate AI Coach helps leading brands develop confident top-performing agents through AI Simulation Training. Zenarates AI Coach is used worldwide every day in over a dozen countries, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Philippines, India, and Europe in 15 languages. Zenarate customers include leading companies in financial services, healthcare, insurance, telecommunications, technology, retail, and travel industries.
Board Member
Jan 2012
Finovera offers a Digital Bill Aggregation and Payment Platform for Banks and Credit Unions. Finovera is helping FI’s redefine how their digital customers receive, manage and pay bills in the new digital, mobile-first era. The technology supports both summary and PDF eBills from 14,000+ billers, integrates with many bill pay platforms and provides a full UX or an API solution that can be customized for any Financial Institution. The platform offers a digital vault and acts like a Safe Deposit box for documents - archiving statements, bills and important family documents for safe keeping. Financial Institutions benefit by attracting digital natives, lowering bill pay costs and earning interchange revenue. Your customers or members benefit from simplicity, efficiency and convenience in managing their bills and finances.
Independent Board Advisor & Investor
Feb 2008
Naehas is the leading industry cloud for financial services companies to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Six of the 10 top financial services companies, including Bank of America, State Farm, and Charles Schwab, as well as innovative companies, such as MetaBank and First National Bank of Omaha, trust Naehas to grow revenue, dramatically accelerate time to market, and improve productivity while reducing compliance and operational risk. Learn how your company can improve your marketing with Naehas’ unique, automated solutions at www.naehas.com.
Experience · 14 entries
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Investments (7)
Board (4)
2024
Senior Advisor
Jun 2024
American Family Ventures is an Insurtech venture capital pioneer, focusing on early stage startups that are shaping the future of the insurance industry.
Member Board of Directors, Chair Associate Committee & Audit Committee
Mar 2024
Answering Gods call to bring health, healing and hope to all. Ascension is one of the nation’s leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to those most vulnerable. In FY2024, Ascension provided $2.1 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Across 16 states and the District of Columbia, Ascension’s network encompasses approximately 99,000 associates, 23,000 aligned providers, 94 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals, and ownership interests in 27 additional hospitals through partnerships. Ascension also operates 30 senior living facilities and a variety of other care sites offering a range of healthcare services.
Board Member
Mar 2024
About Mercurius Media Capital (MMC) MMC, the first dedicated U.S. media-for-equity fund, empowers high-potential startups and enterprises through strategic media investments. We leverage a unique media-for-equity model, backed by a robust network of top-tier media companies, to enhance their market presence, amplify brand visibility, and drive substantial business growth. Our Mission: Our primary mission is to support U.S.-based startups by preserving their cash reserves while fueling brand acceleration through targeted media exposure. This enables startups to allocate their resources more efficiently, all while benefiting from premium advertising and media placements that might otherwise be out of reach, including Sinclair Broadcast Group, Televisa Univision, Atmosphere TV, Willow TV, and others. We foster a dynamic ecosystem that drives success for both media companies and startups by aligning their interests through our media-for-equity model. This approach ensures media companies have a vested interest in the growth and success of their partners. For non-U.S. companies seeking to scale in the U.S., we offer Mercurius Bridge: scaling international success in the U.S. A strategic initiative, Mercurius Bridge supports international companies with established product-market fit, aiming to scale in the U.S. Integrating media capital investments and a curated network of local service providers, the program streamlines market entry and accelerates brand growth. Participants gain access to critical resources, strategic networks, and expert guidance, including consumer engagement strategies and connections to key go-to-market media partners. For more Information, visit https://www.mmc.us/mercuriusbridge Media companies interested in partnering with us or learning more about our model can contact our Investor Relations team at Devesh@mmc.us. For more information about how we can help your startup scale through the power of media, visit us at: www.mmc.us
Senior Advisor
Feb 2024
SYPartners is a consultancy that helps leaders, teams, and organizations build the capability to transform into more vibrant versions of themselves—so they can grow with purpose, and have a positive impact in the world. For nearly 30 years, we’ve partnered with executives in some of the world’s most influential organizations to help design their futures, including AARP, Airbnb, BlackRock, IBM, the Obama Foundation, Pfizer, and Starbucks. SYPartners is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco and Abu Dhabi. We are a founding member of kyu, a collective of best-in-class creative firms.
2023
Board Member
Sep 2023
2021.AI serves the growing business need for full oversight and management of applied AI. Our expertise in data science combined with the AI platform GRACE is a business differentiator for clients and partners worldwide. GRACE is a key component for organizations to solve some of the most complex business problems with AI while providing comprehensive data and AI Governance capability for responsible, transparent, and trustworthy model development. 2021.AI is headquartered in Copenhagen, with employees in five locations globally.
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