Aarti Chandna is an impact/angel investor working with early-stage ventures. Given her deep passion for social change and empowerment, Aarti mentors social entrepreneurs and invests in innovative companies driving social change. She is a member of the Impact Investing leadership team and Investment Committee at Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, where she is a partner. She is on the leadership team for MIT Solve’s Innovation Future Fund and and an Investment Advisor and LP at Symphonic Capital (VC Fund) and Impact First (Impact Fund). Aarti is also an investor in the Portfolia funds.
She serves on the board of Trustees at Case Western Reserve University and Chairs the Development Committee. She is on the board of directors at Shine Together, and recently stepped off the board at Peninsula Bridge after two terms. She is on the advisory board at the Center for Asian Health and Research at Stanford Medical School and the Advisory Board at the Miller Center – Santa Clara University. She also mentors at MIT-Solve, Stanford Emergence and Stanford GSB Startup Garage.
Aarti previously held executive positions in information technology and led global IT teams at several technology companies. Organizations she has worked at include Oracle, Hitachi, Coherent, Autodesk, and Nikon. Aarti holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Bombay University and an M.S. in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University.