Objective

Anay Shah is an #investor, #startup-advisor, company builder and operator focused on data-rich, operations-heavy businesses. He is a co-founder and partner at Stepchange and is currently building Aarden, a platform modernizing institutional land investment with AI-native land data models, underwriting workflows, and standardized execution rails. Earlier in his career, he worked in client-facing business development and advisory roles.

Subjective

I met Anay at a STARTUPSTARTER event, and again at The LA Grind during TechWeek in 2025.

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