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Arjun Aggarwal

Founder @ Mandrel | Ex-Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM), Ex-NEA

New York, New York

Skills

Cross-functional Team Leadership
Business Planning
Product Management
Economics
Financial Modeling
Investments
Valuation
Investment Banking
Entrepreneurship
Capital Markets
Data Analysis
Corporate Finance
Strategy
Emerging Markets
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Research
Analysis
Financial Analysis
Venture Capital

Education

Work Experience

2023

  • Founder

    2023

    Mandrel is building an operations data platform to integrate supply chain data and make it super easy for operators to build apps & workflows on top to reduce costs and audit performance. We help brands scale more efficiently by unifying intelligence across their entire operations stack in real time, starting with fulfillment data. Our platform collects and cleans operations data via real-time supply chain integrations, so all teams can align around an operational single source of truth -- no spreadsheets, manual work, or technical hires required.

2017 - 2023

  • EVP Corporate Development

    2022 - 2023

  • Chief Product Officer

    2021 - 2022

    Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM), based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with end-to-end metal 3D printing solutions. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, metallurgy, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make metal 3D printing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the world. - Manage a team responsible for overseeing portfolio of 20+ product platforms across several additive manufacturing technologies and brands. - Oversee investor relations actvities, including sellside/buyside relationships and quarterly earnings process as well as participation in fundraising. - Drive strategic partnership negotiations and activities to drive new product and business, including corporate development / M&A opportunities.

  • VP Product

    2019 - 2021

  • VP Business Development

    2017 - 2021

  • Venture Capital Associate

    2015 - 2017

    New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. With more than $20 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s first fund closed in 1978, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’s lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 225 portfolio company IPOs and more than 375 acquisitions. www.nea.com. Investor on NEA's East Coast technology team with a focus on enterprise software and systems. Drove investments in digital manufacturing, security, infrastructure, and application layer SaaS. Worked across a variety of stages of VC including seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, and Pre-IPO. Frmr Board Member at Vividcortex & Board Observer at Expel. Investment experience includes: DataRobot, Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM), Expel, Fugue, Glamsquad, Alfred, IonQ (NYSE:IONQ), Onshape (acq. By PTC), SiteTraker, ThreatQuotient, Transfix, TravelBank (acq. by US Bancorp), Tulip, Upskill, Ursa, VividCortex (acq. By SolarWinds), ZeroFox.

2013 - 2015

  • Investment Banking Analyst - Technology Group

    2013 - 2015

    Investment Banking Analyst in Morgan Stanley's Global Technology Group. Worked on M&A, equity/debt financings, and strategic alternatives for companies in the Technology Sector. Selected transactions include: - SecureWorks (SCWX) $112M IPO - Fitbit (FIT) $841M IPO - AirBnB $1.5B Private Financing - Plantronics (PLT) $500M Inaugural Debt Financing - Wilocity Sale to Qualcomm (QCOM) - Altera (ALTR) $1B Debt Financing - Amalfi Sale to RF Micro Devices (RFMD) - Broadcom (BRCM) $500M Debt Financing

2012 - 2012

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2012 - 2012

    Investment Banking Summer Analyst in the Global Technology Group. Worked on M&A, equity/debt financings, and strategic alternatives for companies in the Technology Sector.

  • Enterprise Information Management Intern

    2011 - 2011

2010 - 2010

  • Junior Analyst

    2010 - 2010