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
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
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
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.