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Shaun Arora graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with Honors and went to work as a cultural anthropologist for consumer packaged goods companies. In 2005, he joined the family electronics manufacturing business, NEO Tech, and worked to scale the business. As a result of his leadership, the business has grown 40X in that time and has over 3400 employees servicing the aerospace, industrial, and medical device industries.
As NEO Tech moves into a middle market growth phase Shaun allocates a larger portion of his time towards early stage companies. As an investor, board member and mentor, he’s often playing devil’s advocate and challenging executive teams towards brilliant and uncomfortable thinking. He has worked with a number of hardware startups in particular from prototype to crowdfunding, manufacturing, and subsequent stages of financing. In 2015, Shaun spun off Make in LA from the contract manufacturing business to improve learnings and outcomes for hardware startups. He remains an advisor and a board member at NEO Tech.
At Make in LA, Shaun focuses on leveraging NEO Tech’s resources to support the startups, leveraging his portfolio for best practices, providing world class programming, and building strategic partnerships for the benefit of the startups.
Location
Santa Monica, California, United States, North America
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Financial Services, Hardware, Product Management
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2017 - Current
Rufus Labs
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2016 - Current
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Profile Resume
Shaun Arora is the Managing Partner at MiLA Capital (Make in LA), based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Shaun Arora has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Shaun Arora studied BSBA Marketing @ Washington University in St. Louis. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
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Investment portfolio
6
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Personal investment
6
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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Feb 07, 2014 | Orange Chef | Seed Round - Orange Chef | 4.9M |
Feb 20, 2015 | GroundMetrics | Debt Financing - GroundMetrics | 1.1M |
Apr 21, 2015 | Twigtale | Seed Round - Twigtale | 1.1M |
Mar 14, 2022 | Palladius | Series A - Palladius | 15.0M |
Partner investment
1
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Investor Name | Money Raised |
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Sep 01, 2017 | Gaszen | Seed Round - Gaszen | MiLA Capital (Make in LA) | 75.0K |
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