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Arian Agrawal

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Partner at South Park Commons
📍 New York, New York, United States

Arian Agrawal is a Partner at South Park Commons, where she supports founders in the earliest stages of company building. A graduate of MIT, she was previously the co-founder of Riya Collective, a mobile shopping app that was part of YCs W20 batch.

She is passionate about the founder journey and creating communities that help entrepreneurs validate their ideas and build their lifes work. Her work focuses on taking founders from the idea stage to a validated product, making the process feel less lonely and more supported.

Unique fact: Her startup, Riya Collective, created a unique virtual shopping experience using video to connect US consumers with boutique clothing designers from around the world.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Founder Support
Focuses on helping entrepreneurs navigate the "-1 to 0" phase of their journey, assisting with market, idea, and product validation before building a company.
AI and Labor
Believes AI should be used to enable more jobs, not eliminate them, by supporting the training of new labor and creating new credentialing institutions.
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Career

Work history

6-2022
Partner
South Park Commons
1-2019
Co-Founder @ Riya Collective
Riya Collective (YC W'20)
7-2016 - 7-2023
Instructor
General Assembly
1-2019 - 5-2020
Member
South Park Commons
7-2016 - 12-2018
Product Lead
Fin
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Education
2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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