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322 people in our graph share verified history with Anand — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
SomnathunlockedAnand: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2002–2003)
Anand: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
×3Anand: together at Franklin Templeton Investments
×6Anand: together at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
About
Anand Datta is a partner at Nexus Venture Partners, based in the firm's Bengaluru office. Before joining Nexus in 2019, he held a range of operating and advisory roles, including regional business development and new markets manager at fintech firm Milvik Bima in Singapore, cofounder of Loan Social, founding team member and vice president of operations at Magicpin, and assistant vice president at Franklin Templeton. Earlier in his career he worked as a consultant at Bain and Company, an associate at A.T. Kearney, and an operations manager at Tata Steel. At Nexus he has been central to the firm's investments in fintech and business-to-business commerce, serving as an advisor to companies such as Kiwi, Onsurity, Pice, and Phyllo. He was promoted from principal to partner in 2024. He holds degrees from IIM-Ahmedabad and IIT-Kharagpur.
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Beyond investing
- Founded
- Datta cofounded Loan Social.
- Education
- Studied at Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad Studied at Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- Nexus Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2024 — presentBangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
- Nexus Venture PartnersPrincipal2022 — 2024Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
- Nexus Venture PartnersVice President2019 — 2022Bengaluru Area, India
- Mitigata™ - Smart cyber insuranceInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- zangoSeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Finarkein AnalyticsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentPune, Maharashtra, India
- ElecbitsSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- CovvalentSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentGurugram, Haryana, India
- KiwiSeed Investorcurrent2023 — presentBangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
- JifyInvestorcurrent2022 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Pice®Seed Investorcurrent2021 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- PhylloSeed Investorcurrent2021 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Infra.MarketInvestorcurrent2019 — presentIndia
- Nektar.aiInvestorcurrent2020 — presentIndia
- GooderaBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentIndia
- OnsurityInvestorcurrent2020 — presentIndia
- Proactive for herInvestorcurrent2020 — presentIndia
- Dyte (YC W21)Investorcurrent2021 — presentIndia
- (MILVIK) BIMARegional Business Development and New Markets Manager (Asia)2018 — 2019Singapore
- (MILVIK) BIMACountry Head2016 — 2018India
- Loan SocialCo-Founder2016Gurugram, Haryana, India
- magicpin (Samast Technologies)Founding team member - VP Operations2015 — 2016Gurgaon, India
- Franklin Templeton InvestmentsAVP- Business excellence2014 — 2015
Skills & more
Management Consulting99Business Strategy90Market Entry20Strategic Consulting38Manufacturing12Lean Manufacturing11Analytics7Six Sigma8Business Development12Supply Chain9Risk Management8Business Analysis18
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Financial ModelingCompetitive AnalysisStrategyManagementTeam ManagementLeadershipLanguages Bengali · English · Hindi
- Green Belt Six Sigma
From Anand's professional profile.
Colleagues at Nexus Venture Partners
Abhishek Sharma
Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners
Aniket Kamthe
Investor at Nexus Venture Partners
Anup Gupta
Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners
Arjun Gandhi
Vice President at Nexus Venture Partners
Jishnu Bhattacharjee
Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners
Manav Shah
Investor at Nexus Venture Partners
Nitisha Bansal
Vice President at Nexus Venture Partners
Pratik Poddar
Partner at Nexus Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anand Datta?
- Anand Datta is a partner at Nexus Venture Partners, based in the firm's Bengaluru office. Before joining Nexus in 2019, he held a range of operating and advisory roles, including regional business development and new markets manager at fintech firm Milvik Bima in Singapore, cofounder of Loan Social, founding team member and vice president of operations at Magicpin, and assistant vice president at Franklin Templeton. Earlier in his career he worked as a consultant at Bain and Company, an associate at A.T. Kearney, and an operations manager at Tata Steel. At Nexus he has been central to the firm's investments in fintech and business-to-business commerce, serving as an advisor to companies such as Kiwi, Onsurity, Pice, and Phyllo. He was promoted from principal to partner in 2024. He holds degrees from IIM-Ahmedabad and IIT-Kharagpur.
- Where does Anand Datta work?
- Anand Datta is Partner at Nexus Venture Partners.
- Where did Anand Datta go to school?
- Anand Datta studied at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (PGDM, MBA); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Btech, Metallurgical and materials engg.); St. Michael's High School Patna.
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Shared employers
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