# Raghav Narayan

> Raghav Narayan is the Singapore-based CEO and co-founder of Aprisium, which develops on-site, autonomous contamination monitoring. His background includes more than 24 years in general management and managing director roles at Volvo Group and a B2B SaaS rollout across 26 Asia-Pacific countries. Aprisium announced a US$7 million Series A in August 2024.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Aprisium
- **Organizations:** Aprisium, Volvo Group, UPilot Inc.
- **Education:** Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aprisium., Led an enterprise SaaS rollout across 26 Asia-Pacific countries., Aprisium won the 2023 Emerging Enterprise Most Promising Sustainability Startup award.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Held General Manager and Managing Director roles at Volvo Group for more than 24 years.
- **—** — Led a B2B SaaS enterprise rollout across 26 Asia-Pacific countries.
- **—** — Worked as a strategy, growth and partnerships consultant at UPilot Inc.
- **2021** — Aprisium was established in Singapore in late 2021.
- **2022** — Co-founded Aprisium with Dr. Lars-Henrik Skjolding through the Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance venture-building cohort, using A*STAR-originated technology.
- **2024** — Aprisium announced a US$7 million Series A on 7 August.
- **2026** — Signed the TÜV AUSTRIA memorandum at Singapore International Water Week in June.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aprisium.
- Led an enterprise SaaS rollout across 26 Asia-Pacific countries.
- Aprisium won the 2023 Emerging Enterprise Most Promising Sustainability Startup award.
- Aprisium secured an oversubscribed US$7 million Series A led by Deep-Tech Venture Partners and Cocoon Capital in August 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Signed an MoU with TÜV AUSTRIA for proposed cooperation in monitoring, laboratory services, validation and certification.
- **2026-04** — Aprisium agreed a cooling-tower monitoring pilot with MREIT and FOPM at One Le Grand Tower in Manila.
- **2025-10** — Aprisium announced MOUs with Castrol BP and IX Technology concerning cooling-fluid monitoring.
- **2025-06** — Appeared in Water & Wastewater Asia’s Episode 5 interview, published 13 June 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aprisium.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghavendra-narayan-leadingbusiness/

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