aarna

About aarna

Building India's Onchain Capital Markets Infrastructure

Company

aarna Lab (Aarna AI Pte Ltd) is a Singapore-incorporated fintech company building regulated infrastructure for tokenised Indian financial assets. The company operates through Aarna IFSC Asset Management Pvt Ltd, a Fund Management Entity registered at GIFT City, Gujarat, under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).

aarna's India Yield Platform (IYP) is the first regulated bridge between India's performing credit markets and global onchain capital — bringing SEBI-regulated AIF assets to accredited investors worldwide through ERC-3643 permissioned digital securities, issued and managed under IFSCA's regulatory architecture.

IFSCA sandbox Phase 2 approved. Full application in progress.

Corporate structure

Aarna AI Pte Ltd

Singapore

Parent company, corporate operations

Aarna IFSC Asset Management Pvt Ltd

GIFT City, India

Fund Management Entity, IFSCA-regulated

Aarna DLT & AI Lab Pvt Ltd

India

Technology and engineering

Founder

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Srikumar Misra

Founder, aarna

sri@aarna.ai

Milk Mantra

Founded and led India's largest dairy startup through a successful exit. Built from zero to national scale across India's agricultural supply chains and consumer distribution networks.

Tata Group

M&A and strategy at Tata Group's London office, working across cross-border acquisitions and institutional capital structuring.

Yale World Fellow

Selected for Yale University's flagship global leadership programme, joining a network of leaders across government, business, and civil society.

Aspen Fellow

Aspen Global Leadership Network, recognised for leadership at the intersection of enterprise and public purpose.

Policy Network

Advisor to the Prime Minister's Office and NITI Aayog on innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic policy — direct engagement with the regulatory architecture governing GIFT City and IFSCA.

Press & Media

Fortune IndiaWall Street JournalBloombergThe Economic Times

Coverage spans Milk Mantra's growth story, India's startup ecosystem, and the intersection of policy and entrepreneurship.

Advisory

Advisory board appointments to be announced.

Srikumar Misra, Founder

Singapore office

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1 Milk Mantra raised over $30M in venture capital and operated across multiple Indian states before exit. The operational complexity of scaling a cold-chain consumer business in India is directly relevant to building regulated financial infrastructure across jurisdictions.