Aanand Radia
Managing Director @ University Ventures
New York, United States
Aanand Radia is a Managing Director at University Ventures. Prior to University Ventures, Aanand was a private equity investor at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, where he focused on Financial Services and Special Situations. Prior to BlackRock, Aanand worked at EdisonLearning (formerly Edison Schools), an early pioneer in the charterschool movement and later a diversified K-12 education technology and services company, where he focused on corporate strategy, business development, new product and finance initiatives. While at Edison, Aanand helped to develop an alternative education product offering delivered through a hybrid/blended learning environment. Aanand started his career at Patriot Capital, a middle market private equity firm, where he made investments across a broad range of industries. Aanand received his B.S. in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. “Aanand helps lead the firm’s investment in Galvanize, Revature, and the firm’s student finance related investments.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
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Industries Aanand Radia invests in
Stages Aanand Radia invests in
Countries Aanand Radia invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Sales 1 (100%)
- Training 1 (100%)
- Sales Automation 1 (100%)
- Professional Services 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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AlwaysHired
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AlwaysHired is an immersive sales training program that helps companies hire the best talent. | $500K / Seed / Jan 31, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About University Ventures
University Ventures is the only investment firm focused exclusively on the global higher education sector. UV pursues a differentiated strategy of innovation from within. UV has the deepest respect for the missions and traditions of colleges and universities around the world and is confident that through innovation, these same institutions will besuccessful in fulfilling and expanding their missions.
University Ventures Contacts
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Aanand Radia
Managing Director
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Corinne Spears
Vice President
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Ryan Craig
Managing Director
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Troy Williams
Managing Director
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Cassidy Leventhal
Vice President
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Aanand Radia invests primarily in Sales, Training and Sales Automation startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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