LIVING PORTFOLIO / 2026
UTKARSH SINGH
Venture Capital · Technology · Healthcare · Building at the Intersections.
Hi, I’m Utkarsh. This website is a living portfolio — a place to track my work across venture capital, technology, healthcare, and personal projects, and to share ideas and resources that might be useful to others navigating similar paths.
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I grew up in a naval household, which meant one thing was constant: change. My father’s postings took our family across India — from the port city of Visakhapatnam to the Andaman Islands, to the hill station of Wellington in Tamil Nadu, then to Goa, Payannur in northern Kerala, Kochi, and finally to New Delhi, the place I now call home.
Each move meant a new city, a new school, a new set of friends, and a completely different culture. Living on naval bases also meant growing up alongside families from every corner of the country — and sometimes from other nations entirely. That exposure quietly shaped the way I think: comfortable with ambiguity, energised by diversity, and always curious about what lies beyond the familiar.
The naval life came with its perks too. I was river rafting, swimming in the open sea, and playing competitive sports from an early age — privileges that most kids my age didn’t have access to. By my teens, I was travelling independently across South India, navigating buses and trains and conversations in languages I barely spoke. It taught me self-reliance long before I had a word for it.
EDUCATION
When it came time for college, I made a decision that felt radical in an Indian context: I chose not to pursue engineering. Instead, I enrolled in a four-year B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics at a liberal arts college in India. Looking back, it was one of the best decisions of my life.
The liberal arts environment exposed me to philosophy, economics, literature, and the social sciences — subjects that broadened my thinking well beyond equations and proofs. It was also where I fulfilled a lifelong dream of playing competitive basketball. I became the youngest captain of the college team and led the squad for three years — an experience that taught me as much about leadership and team dynamics as any classroom.
“The most interesting ideas live at the intersection of disciplines — not inside them.”
That belief led me to New York University, where I pursued a master’s in financial engineering — a program that sits at the crossroads of mathematics, finance, and computer science. I was the youngest in my cohort and the only Indian admitted without a bachelor’s in technology. The learning curve was steep, but so was the reward: world-class faculty, a brilliantly diverse peer group, and the experience of living in New York City, a place that sharpens your ambition simply by existing around you.
CAREER & WHAT I’M BUILDING
In 2024, I made the decision to move back to India. The reasoning was simple but deeply felt: India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world, and I believe it is the single best place to create something legendary at this stage of history. I wanted to be on the ground, not watching from the sidelines.
I joined Argan Global as the first employee, a deep-tech growth-stage venture capital fund. As an Investment Manager, my days are spent on due diligence, financial modelling, deal structuring, and working closely with founders building category-defining companies in India and beyond.
VENTURE CAPITAL
TECHNOLOGY
HEALTHCARE
But venture capital is only one part of the picture. I’m also building on the side — working on projects at the intersection of technology, finance, and healthcare that I’ll share on this site as they take shape. The common thread across everything I do is a belief that rigorous analysis, creative thinking, and relentless execution can compound into something meaningful.