I invest in how people learn, and in the tools that help them keep learning.

I'm a Director at Pearson Ventures, where I invest in early-stage companies building education, assessment and workforce products. I also run 27V, a pre-seed and seed fund I started in 2019 for founders in EdTech and the future of work.

Before Pearson, I was Director of Impact Investing at ECMC Group's Education Impact Fund. Before that: Q Venture Partners and Swire's blueprint accelerator in Hong Kong, a few startups of my own, and brand work at The Economic Times in Delhi. One of those startups shut down for the most common reason there is: people didn't come back.

I live in Boston with my wife, Ashmita, and our son, Angad. Outside work, I run trails, play the drums and read more than I finish.

• Settling into Pearson Ventures, where half the job is translating between founders and the business units that would buy from them.
• Looking for founders building authentic skills assessment: oral, adaptive, defend-your-work. If that's you, find me on LinkedIn.
• Watching consolidation in testing and credentialing. I think strategics hold the advantage this cycle.
• Training for a trail half-marathon in fall 2027.
• Reading: Musafir Cafe by Divya Prakash Dubey, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and Dad Brain by Darby Saxbe.

2026 –

Director, Pearson Ventures

2019 –

General Partner, 27V (Twenty Seven Ventures)Pre-seed and seed, EdTech and the future of work. 28 companies backed.

2023 – 26

Director, Impact Investing, ECMC Group's Education Impact Fund$250M fund for postsecondary and workforce outcomes.

2020 – 26

Investor Fellow, Edmund Hillary Fellowship

2017 – 23

Q Venture Partners, Hong KongAssociate, then Principal, then Venture Partner.

2015 – 16

Accelerator Lead, blueprint (Swire Properties)Hong Kong's first corporate accelerator.

2014 – 16

Founder, HUKAlso Co-Director of Startup Grind Hong Kong and an instructor at General Assembly.

2012 – 13

Assistant Brand Manager, The Economic TimesDelhi.

MICA, Ahmedabad · DAV College, Chandigarh

Until 2021 I ran ultra-trail races, and dedicated every one to Cheekoo.run, my family's annual fundraiser in memory of my uncle, Amul Batra. The goal is shorter now: a trail half-marathon in fall 2027.

Most of my writing lives on LinkedIn now. A few I'd point people to:

• A decade in, being precise about how I've been wrong2026 · on exits
• Will versus skill2026 · what to watch when a leader is coached
• ETS buys ACT2026 · where skills credentialing goes next
• Authentic skills assessment2026 · when anyone can produce a passable essay in 90 seconds

Archive, 2020–22: User guide > Atin · Reflecting on 2 years of 27V · I can't tell you a single thing I learned in school… · Why I overcommit to resolutions · On paternity leave · Subscriptions I pay for · Thoughts on homeschooling