Arihant Patni (@ArihantPatni) is an entrepreneur, financial advisor and venture capitalist with extensive experience in diverse areas such as IT services/infrastructure, business development/marketing and wealth management.
Arihant’s foray in the venture capital space came about when Patni Computer Systems was acquired in 2011 at a valuation of $1.5 billion which included a full exit for promoters and private equity investors. Currently, Arihant is the Managing Director of Patni Financial Advisors, which is the family office, Hive Technologies, a platform that invests in data analytics and data science (‘Big Data’) companies, and Ideaspring Capital, an early stage fund investing in deep tech enterprise companies. He is also Co-Founder and on the Board of Directors of Nirvana Venture Advisors, a venture capital fund with focus on the internet space.