# Aanand Radia

> Aanand Radia is a seed investor at University Ventures (New York) backing Sales and Training. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [University Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aanand-radia-368b454/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AanandRadia

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sales | 1 | 100% |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Sales Automation | 1 | 100% |
| Professional Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AlwaysHired | AlwaysHired is an immersive sales training program that helps companies hire the best talent. | $500K | Seed | Jan 31, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About University Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

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.

5 contacts available at University Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aanand Radia | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aanand-radia |
| Corinne Spears | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corinne-spears |
| Ryan Craig | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-craig |
| Troy Williams | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/troy-williams-2 |
| Cassidy Leventhal | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cassidy-leventhal |

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## FAQ

### What does Aanand Radia invest in?

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.

### When did Aanand Radia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aanand Radia closed in Jan 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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