Arnav Dalmia

Arnav Dalmia is a Chicago-based entrepreneur and investor with extensive experience in the fitness technology industry.1 He co-founded Cubii, a company that produces under-desk elliptical trainers, where he served as CEO for 8 years and 1 month from February 2014 to February 2022.1 Currently, he remains a Co-Founder and Board Member at Cubii.1

In addition to his role at Cubii, Dalmia is now a General Partner at The 81 Collection, a venture capital fund focusing on "hard industries" that represent 81% of the economy but are traditionally under-invested.1 He joined this position in July 2022.1

Dalmia's achievements include:

• Leading Cubii to win the 2019 Chicago Innovation Awards1
• Ranking #180 on the Inc List of Fastest Growing Companies in the US1
• Achieving #1 Fastest-Growing Hardware Company and #57 on the Deloitte Fast 5001

He is also involved in other professional organizations, serving as a Founding Member of the Unreasonable Collective and a Member of YPO (Young Presidents' Organization).1

Dalmia attended the University of Chicago, though he did not pursue an MBA as some might assume.2 He is multilingual, with proficiency in Bengali and Hindi.1