About
Disha Jain is an investment associate at Startmate who previously worked at Nextgen Ventures. She grew up in India and launched three businesses before age 15, generating over $50,000 in revenue. Currently, she evaluates investment opportunities at Startmate while supporting founder development initiatives through Startup Link at USYD.
Experience
- Startmateinvestment associatecurrent2026 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Startmatespecial projects2026
- StartUp Link USYDpresident2025 — 2026
- StartUp Link USYDevents director2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- NextGen Venturesinvestment principal2025 — 2026
- NextGen Venturesinvestment associate2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- TEN13vc scout2026
- University of Sydney Union (USU)welcome fest coordinator 20262025 — 2026Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- TEDxUSYDcuration2025
- TEDxUSYDtedx speaker2025North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- South Asian Business Society - Sydney Unievents director2024 — 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Kundan Spacesgrowth associate2021 — 2023Pune District, Maharashtra, India
- pastel divisionco-founder2020 — 2023
- iMathteacher2022India
- pink okra coco-founder2021 — 2022
- MyCaptainbusiness and advertising intern2020 — 2021
- erisedco-founder2020
Education
- University of SydneyBachelors of Arts, Innovation and Entepreneurship | Digital Culture2023 — 2026
- Wade Institute of Entrepreneurshipventure capital catalyst2025
- Symbiosis College of Arts & Commercejunior college, arts and commerce2021 — 2023
- The Orchid SchoolX2006 — 2021
Skills & more
- start up fundamentals — INCUBATE
- student fellowship — Startmate
From Disha's professional profile.
Colleagues at NextGen Ventures
Aarshia Sinha
Events Lead at NextGen Ventures
Andrew J Nash
Advisor at NextGen Ventures
Andris Dang
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Anthony Tsougranis
Investor at NextGen Ventures
Bhavesh Nain
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Davi La Ferla
Advisor at NextGen Ventures
David So
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Eric Kim
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Disha Jain work?
- Disha Jain is Investment Principal at NextGen Ventures.
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