Precision. Discipline.
Conviction.
Carbon Arrow was founded on a simple premise: the companies doing the hardest, most consequential work in technology deserve advisors and capital partners who understand both the magnitude and the mechanics of what they are building.
A modern carbon arrow is an engineering marvel — extraordinarily light yet structurally rigid, capable of traveling at velocity with minimal drag and deviation from its intended path. It is the product of refined materials science, precision manufacturing, and expert calibration. Once released, it does not waver.
This is the operating philosophy of Carbon Arrow: to act with velocity and precision in service of a clear objective. We do not generalize. We do not scatter resources across dozens of mandates. We identify the trajectory, and we commit.
Based in Austin, Texas, Carbon Arrow has supported the growth of numerous technology businesses since 2015 — from early-stage fundraising to operational transformation to strategic exits. Our sector expertise is concentrated in the industries reshaping the physical world: transportation, infrastructure, space, defense, energy, AI, robotics, and health.
The Traditions That
Sharpen Our Thinking
Two ancient texts have profoundly shaped how we think about high-performance action, decision-making under uncertainty, and principled leadership. Both center on the figure of the disciplined warrior — and both have remarkable applicability to the modern work of building and leading transformative companies.
On the eve of the Battle of Kurukshetra, Arjuna — the greatest archer of his age — lowers his bow. Paralyzed not by cowardice but by the sheer weight of complexity, he questions whether action itself is justified. Krishna's first command is not philosophy. It is a directive to move.
The Gita's teaching on nishkama karma — disciplined action without attachment to outcome — is the operating framework for consequential work. Bring full capability to the mission. The arrow is released with precision and conviction.
Marcus Aurelius wrote his Meditations not for an audience, but as private dispatches to himself from the field. He was Emperor and military commander simultaneously — managing the largest organization in the Western world while prosecuting a grinding defensive campaign on the Danube frontier.
His Stoicism was operational, not academic. The Roman Legion under Marcus Aurelius was the apex of disciplined, adaptive execution — trained to hold structure and advance under maximum adversity.
For Carbon Arrow, this is the model: when a company faces a hard market, a regulatory block, a capital drought — those are not interruptions to the mission. They are the mission.
Arun is Founder and Managing Director of Carbon Arrow. Previously, Arun was Chief Financial Officer of The Boring Company, Elon Musk's tunneling and transportation venture, leading everything from human resources, business development, inventory management, and facilities, as well as primarily building a finance and accounting machine that supported taking the company from a small-cap startup to a large-cap global enterprise.
Previously, he was CFO at Cerebri AI, a pioneer in data analytics and machine learning for enterprises. Before that he was a Partner with Virgo Capital, a private equity firm focused on software and technology services investments. At Virgo Capital, Arun led numerous strategic, financial, and operational initiatives for the firm and its portfolio companies, including serving as CFO and COO of multiple investments, transforming all aspects of operations, and leading the acquisition and sale of businesses across the technology sector.
His broad experience spans building and operating companies solving some of the hardest technological problems for the world, including communications satellites, flying cars, enterprise AI software, and underground transportation systems.
Arun holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.