Karun Arya

Fractional CXO | Strategy & Communications | Advisor to startups | Investor

📍 India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2020
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Investor & Advisor
Aug 2020
GajiGesa is the preferred financial wellness partner for employers in Indonesia. GajiGesas powerful fintech platform is built to help millions of hardworking Indonesians take control of their financial lives with dignity. The GajiGesa app provides member employees with Earned Wage Access (EWA), financial education, and other financial management tools to improve their long-term financial health responsibly. It also empowers employer partners with an enterprise-grade HR analytics platform to improve employee productivity, engagement, and retention by reducing financial stress for their workforce. GajiGesa was founded in 2020 by Martyna Malinowska (formerly Product Lead at Standard Chartered Bank, Product Director at LenddoEFL) and Vidit Agarwal (formerly Head of Business Development APAC at Stripe, COO at CARRO, and first employee at Uber in Asia). The company is Headquartered in Jakarta.
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2022
EIR
Jun 2022
Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 27 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.
2021
Global Venture Scout
Jun 2021
Clearco is the capital partner that thinks like a founder. We provide fast, flexible, and founder-first funding designed to scale with your momentum, not slow it down. With over $3 billion deployed to 10,000+ brands, Clearco is the only platform offering both Cash Advance and Invoice Funding in one place. Our performance-driven model delivers competitive terms, capped weekly repayments, and access to capital in as little as 24 hours. There’s no dilution, no personal guarantees, and no friction. Whether youre securing inventory, funding ads, or launching your next big product, Clearco helps you move faster with confidence.
2020
Investor & Advisor
Aug 2020
GajiGesa is the preferred financial wellness partner for employers in Indonesia. GajiGesas powerful fintech platform is built to help millions of hardworking Indonesians take control of their financial lives with dignity. The GajiGesa app provides member employees with Earned Wage Access (EWA), financial education, and other financial management tools to improve their long-term financial health responsibly. It also empowers employer partners with an enterprise-grade HR analytics platform to improve employee productivity, engagement, and retention by reducing financial stress for their workforce. GajiGesa was founded in 2020 by Martyna Malinowska (formerly Product Lead at Standard Chartered Bank, Product Director at LenddoEFL) and Vidit Agarwal (formerly Head of Business Development APAC at Stripe, COO at CARRO, and first employee at Uber in Asia). The company is Headquartered in Jakarta.
2019
Founding Team & Global Venture Partner
Aug 2019
GetVantage is a leading Embedded Finance fintech. Were reshaping the landscape of small business finance in favour of founders and entrepreneurs by democratising access to crucial working capital for millions of MSMEs to supercharge Indias growth story. As a tech & data-driven company with a proprietary API stack we are reimagining small business finance with accessible, fair, transparent, non-dilutive growth capital thats available on-demand and delivered digitally. Our fintech platform empowers business-owners with access to crucial working capital ranging from INR 2 lacs - INR 20 Cr. in as fast as 7 days. No equity. No warrants. No personal gaurantees. No board seats. No dilution. No collateral. No bias. No hidden fees. No excuses. GetVantage was founded in 2019 by Bhavik Vasa and Amit Srivastava who firmly believe that fundraising should be frictionless & hassle-free for founders. Our team built GetVantage on two founding principles: 1. Being Founder-friendly - Every member of our core team has been a founder/operator at some point in their lives. Our deep understanding of the founder’s journey, mindset, and challenges meant we purpose-built the platform to work for founders, not against them! 2. Being Revenue-first. We believe revenues are the best & fairest measure of growth. The team is committed to redefiningventure finance and becoming invaluable long-term growth partners for the businesses that put their trust in us. Our growing portfolio includes over 1,600 of the most exciting new-age businesses in India across 25+ categories including B2B SaaS and subscription-based companies, eCommerce, D2C, Edtech, EV, Cleantech, Climatetech, QSR, cloud-kitchens, and many more. We are also proud to be the only non-dilutive fintech platform in India with our own licensed RBI-licensed NBFC. Our simple message to founders: you focus on growth, GetVantage will bring the capital.