Aditya Julka

Julka received his graduate and undergraduate degrees in biochemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,^[4] where he was given the Director's Gold Medal.^[5] He received his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar^[6][7] as well as an Entrepreneur in Residence.^[8]

In his twenties Julka was co-founder of two biotech companies. His last company, which was supported by Accel-Ventures, was sold to a publicly listed company in 2010. From 2009 to 2011 Julka was Associate at McKinsey & Company.^{[citation needed]} He was a member of the advisory board of Performa, the New York Biennial for Performance Art, and of Khoj, an organization dedicated to performance art in South Asia.^[9] In 2016, Julka was named to the class of the New York Venture Fellows, a year-long program designed to help entrepreneurs scale their ventures.^[10] He has also been recognized in Crain's New York Business List of 40 Under 40,^[11] the Art+Auction Power 100 List,^[12] Apollo Magazine's List of 40 Under 40,^[13] and has spoken at Northside Festival, DLD New York, Techcrunch TV and TEDxChelsea.^[14][6]

Julka serves on the board of Performa, New York's art biennial, and the advisory board of Khoj, an organization dedicated to performance art in South Asia.^[15] Julka was co-founder, CEO and chairman of Paddle8, which was sold to Auctionata in 2016, making it the world's largest online auction house.^[16][17] In March 2020 the online Auction House Paddle8 filed for bankruptcy.^[18]

Julka co-founded Syllable in 2017^[19] with Colin Peek. Syllable’s brands include InBloom, co-founded by Kate Hudson,^[20] and Loops, partnering with Camila Mendes.^[21]

Julka, along with Arjun Ghose, Rahul Pagdipati, and Kanu Gupta founded Veera, a mobile-only web browser for users in India with their largest claim being their browsing speed, clocking in at 40.8 runs/minute on Speedometer.^[22]