Arjun Dev Arora
AI Advisory · Format One

Your unfair advantage
as a founder or fund manager.

An AI advisory bot trained on thousands of pages of Arjun's playbooks, frameworks, podcast conversations, and hard-won insights — available 24/7.

This bot runs exclusively on Telegram — you must be comfortable using Telegram to access it.
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200+ Founders Supported
50+ Fund Managers Advised
1000s Pages of Insights
20+ Years in Venture

Operator. Investor.
Now, your advisor.

Arjun Dev Arora has spent over two decades at the intersection of technology, venture capital, and company building. As the Founder & Managing Partner of Format One, he advises funds, LPs, startups, and Fortune 100 companies navigating high-stakes decisions.

He founded ReTargeter (acquired 2015), was a Partner at 500 Startups, worked at Expa alongside Garrett Camp, and held BD & Strategy roles at Yahoo!. His portfolio spans companies like Calm, Notion, Flexport, Firefly Aerospace, Levels, Ashby, and many more.

The advisory bot distills this experience — frameworks for raising, scaling, leading, investing, and managing capital — into an always-on resource trained continuously with new insights.

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Founder & Managing Partner — Format One Advising funds, LPs, startups & Fortune 100 companies
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Founded ReTargeter → Acquired 2015 Built and scaled an adtech company from zero to exit
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Partner at 500 Startups Invested in and mentored hundreds of early-stage companies globally
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UC Berkeley — EECS & Entrepreneurship BSc Electrical Engineering, Computer Sciences & Entrepreneurship/Technology

Built for the people
building the future.

Whether you're a founder scaling your first company or a fund manager navigating LP relationships — this bot speaks your language.

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Startup CEOs & Founders

Get on-demand guidance shaped by Arjun's work with hundreds of founders across seed to growth. From fundraising strategy and pitch positioning to hiring, pricing, and scaling — without the hourly advisory fee.

Fundraising Pitch Strategy Product-Market Fit Team Building Investor Relations Go-to-Market
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Venture Fund Managers

Tap into Arjun's operator-to-investor perspective and network insights spanning top VCs and LPs globally. From fund strategy and LP communication to portfolio construction, due diligence, and firm positioning.

LP Relations Fund Strategy Deal Sourcing Due Diligence Portfolio Construction Investor Insights
Portfolio includes companies like
Calm Notion Flexport Firefly Aerospace Levels Ashby Tonal Virta Health Branch Devoted Health Clearbanc Pipe Lob Braintrust + many more

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

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Deep Playbook Access

Thousands of pages of Arjun's frameworks, lessons, and mental models distilled into a bot that actually knows what it's talking about.

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Investor Intelligence

Insights on active investors across top VCs and LPs — continuously updated with new patterns, preferences, and what's working right now.

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24/7 On-Demand Access

No scheduling. No waiting. Get the clarity you need at 2am before a board meeting or 6am before a critical LP call.

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Podcast & Conversation Insights

Trained on recorded conversations, interviews, and fireside chats — the candid wisdom that never makes it into a formal doc.

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Continuously Updated

New insights, new market reads, and fresh perspectives added regularly. The bot gets smarter as Arjun learns more from the field.

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Operator Perspective

Not just theory. Arjun has built, scaled, and exited companies. The advice comes from someone who's sat in your seat.

Simple, transparent access.

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$300
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$1,800
per year
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Full year of access. Best value for serious operators and fund managers.

💬 Slack Community Included

Annual members get access to a private Slack channel — one for founders, one for fund managers — that Arjun actively monitors and contributes to.

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Join the inner circle.

Annual subscribers get exclusive access to two private Slack communities — one for founders, one for fund managers — where Arjun actively participates, shares real-time insights, and engages directly with members.

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Founders Slack

A curated space for startup CEOs and operators. Share challenges, get direct input from Arjun, and connect with peers who are building at the same level.

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Fund Managers Slack

A private community for GPs, emerging managers, and LPs. Get real-time market reads, portfolio construction thinking, and direct access to Arjun's network perspective.

Available exclusively with the Annual plan.

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Stop navigating blind.
Start with an edge.

Hundreds of founders and fund managers have worked with Arjun directly. Now that insight is available to you — on demand.

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