# AngelList Profile — Manny Adhana

## Profile

**Name:** Manny Adhana
**Headline:** Operator-turned-investor · 4 gyms exited · Now Fairmont Property + HelloReception · Mentoring AU founders
**Location:** Melbourne, Australia

**Bio:**
Indian-Australian operator-turned-investor. Founded and exited Keystone Fitness Club (4 locations across Australia and India, 2016-2026). Author of "The New You" (2017). Now building Fairmont Property Group (industrial property) and HelloReception (AI receptionist infrastructure for SMBs). Comrades 89km finisher.

## Investment focus

**Stage:** Pre-seed, seed
**Cheque size:** AUD $10k - $50k
**Geography:** Australia primary, India secondary
**Verticals:**
- AI automation for SMBs (especially trades, fitness, real estate)
- Health-tech and endurance brands
- Australian industrial property and proptech
- Founders from Indian diaspora

**What I bring beyond capital:**
- 10 years of brick-and-mortar operator experience (gym sector)
- Direct experience scaling and exiting multi-site businesses
- Indian-Australian diaspora network
- Existing infrastructure (HelloReception, Fairmont Property) for warm intros

**What I don't do:**
- Crypto / Web3
- D2C consumer products (lessons learned)
- Pre-product companies without operator founder

## How to reach me
mannyadhana.com/work-with-manny → Mentor/Angel path