Aroa Venture Partners is an operator-led fund founded by multi-time entrepreneur Gaurav Gulati that focuses on three specific sectors—elder-care/healthcare, renewable energy infrastructure, and AI applications that fundamentally change how work is done—while running university-linked accelerators including the UChicago India Deep Tech Accelerator to source research-driven founders. The fund operates an unusually hands-on company-building model through its New Venture Program that backs only one company per year for intensive mentoring and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence track where founders literally co-build inside Aroa's office.