# Arun Narayanan

> Arun Narayanan is a angel investor at UST (Thiruvananthapuram) backing Coworking and Real Estate. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UST](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ust)
- Location: Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/pub/arun-k-narayanan/12/aa9/281

Arun Narayanan is a angel investor at UST in Thiruvananthapuram focused on Coworking and Real Estate. Arun Narayanan is the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Mentor, and President of UST Global. He attended the College of Engineering Trivandrum.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coworking | 1 | 100% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 100% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BHIVE WORKSPACE | BHIVE Workspace prides in being the largest CoWorking spaces in Bangalore, India’s startup capital. Our hybrid workspaces are innovative office spaces and business centers with focus to coworking and community.We provide an ecosystem for entrepreneurs and startups to take their ideas to the next level. The BHIVE Team adds value by enabling thestartup community to cowork, connect, contribute, collaborate, communicate and commercialize their ideas. |  | Angel | Feb 05, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About UST

VC Fund · Aliso Viejo, United States

UST is a digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proofphilosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 26,000 employees in 25 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.

5 contacts available at UST.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Varghese | Chief Administrative Officer & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-varghese |
| Arun Narayanan | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-narayanan |
| Krishna Sudheendra | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/krishna-sudheendra |
| Leslie Schultz | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leslie-schultz |
| Paras Chandaria | Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paras-chandaria |

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## FAQ

### What does Arun Narayanan invest in?

Arun Narayanan invests primarily in Coworking, Real Estate and Collaboration startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arun Narayanan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arun Narayanan closed in Feb 2016. 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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