# Aditi Desai

> Aditi Desai is a seed investor backing Information Technology and Communities. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditi-kothari-desai-a488a42/

Aditi Desai is a seed investor in Mumbai focused on Information Technology and Communities. Aditi Kothari Desai is the Chairperson of DSP Mutual Fund. Aditi Kothari Desai attended the Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 50% |
| Communities | 2 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Advice | 1 | 17% |
| EdTech | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finarkein Analytics | Finarkein Analytics offers no-code workflow orchestration and data analytics platform for digital platforms. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Lxme | India’s 1st financial platform for women, offering savings, lending and investment services to enable women to be financially independent.LXME offers a trusted and safe women-only community to discuss all things money, smart content that gives you the right financial education to build your wealth, tips to manage your personal finance, andinvestment options like gold & mutual funds, best suited for your financial goals, LXME is a one-stop destination for all things women & money. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Volt Money | Volt Money operates as a platform for instant secured loans against mutual funds. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) | HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) is India’s largest career engagement platform that unlocks opportunities, learning, and communities for women in India by connecting them with career champions.HerKey has been at the forefront of developing scalable solutions to increase women's participation in the Indian workforce. Incepted in 2015, HerKey(formerly JobsForHer) works with over 10,000 companies across India that prioritize diversity and inclusion and has assisted them in engaging with and recruiting women. HerKey is dedicated to promoting the professional development of women in their careers. The platform connects women with the right jobs across levels, provides learning opportunities to enable them to upskill and reskill, and provides mentorship to women wanting to start, restart, or advance in their professions. The company's vision is to enable women to realize their full potential by connecting them with the right opportunities, learning, and communities.HerKey has grown to service over 3.5 million women across India and plans to scale to power 30 million women’s careers in India.HerKey seeks to be the dependable companion for every woman on her career journey, enabling her growth, opening up opportunities, creating meaningful engagement, and facilitating her career journey – onwards & upwards.HerKey - Your Career Companion at Every Phase of Life Because we understand that a woman’s career journey traverses through life phases. Opportunities \| Learning \| Communities | $4M | Seed | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Leverage Edu | Leverage Edu is an AI-enabled marketplace designed to help students with their higher education and career growth plans. It is one of India's leading/fastest growing ed-tech companies, transforming access to an exponential career growth, by democratising mentorship, breaking traditional systems, & helping the new student of today jumpover the artificial high walls! | $22M | Series B | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| ArthAlpha | ArthAlpha is an investment management and technology platform that offers investment solutions through data-driven. | $2M | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

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- [AngelList India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Aditi Desai invest in?

Aditi Desai invests primarily in Information Technology, Communities and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Aditi Desai?

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### When did Aditi Desai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aditi Desai closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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