Nikhil Kapur
InvestorPortfolio Support (SEA / INDIA) at STRIVE · Board director at Saleswhale
Singapore
About
General Partner at Grayscale who supports STRIVE's portfolio across Southeast Asia and India. Previously founded the B2B media company TommyJams in India and worked on early mobile Excel development at Microsoft; named to Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2018. Holds an MBA from the National University of Singapore.
Board director at SaleswhaleYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Nikhil went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Nikhil can intro founders to Saleswhale's investors below.
Saleswhale's investors · 5
Co-founders at Saleswhale
Experience
- Grayscale VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentBengaluru
- PromptQLPre-Seed Investorcurrent2017 — present
- TestsigmaPre-Seed Investorcurrent2020 — present
- s2.devPre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- 100msSeed Investorcurrent2020 — present
- ClassplusPre-Seed Investorcurrent2019 — present
- BytebeamSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- AyoconnectPre-Seed Investorcurrent2016 — present
- HypefastPre-Seed Investorcurrent2019 — present
- STRIVEPartner2016 — 2023Singapore
- SKALAOperating Partner2018 — 2020Indonesia
- Pie (acquired by Google)Product2015Singapore
- TommyJamsCo-Founder, CTO2013 — 2015India
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2010 — 2013
- Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)Text 2.0 - Image Recognition2010Kaiserslautern, Germany
- MozillaIntern2009 — 2010India
- DeloitteIntern2009Mumbai Area, India
Skills & more
Strategy33Team Management8Management5Analysis3Leadership4C++21C7Objective-C4Python5Perl4Java4Android3
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PHPHTMLSQLJavaScriptEclipseVisual StudioMicrosoft OfficeMySQLSaasAI InfraProduct ManagementSoftware InfrastructureLanguages English · Hindi · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nikhil Kapur?
- General Partner at Grayscale who supports STRIVE's portfolio across Southeast Asia and India. Previously founded the B2B media company TommyJams in India and worked on early mobile Excel development at Microsoft; named to Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2018. Holds an MBA from the National University of Singapore.
- Where does Nikhil Kapur work?
- Nikhil Kapur is Portfolio Support (SEA / INDIA) at STRIVE and Board director at Saleswhale.
- Where did Nikhil Kapur go to school?
- Nikhil Kapur studied at Delhi College of Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering); National University of Singapore (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance); IESE Business School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance).
Same school
Also attended Delhi College of Engineering28
Kanu GulatiInvestor at Khosla VenturesPiyush KharbandaGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Madhur MakkarPrincipal, Asia at RTP GlobalAbhishek SrivastavaGeneral Partner at Kae CapitalHarinder TakharAdvisor at Roots VenturesRaman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies Capital
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Also attended National University of Singapore332
Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate VenturesMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionCeline XiaoInvestor at DN CapitalSofia DahouneInvestor at DaphniYi Min LohInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsSean LooInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal Investments
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Also attended IESE Business School194
Avi MeirCo-founder & CEO of PerkCarlos ContiManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupIgnacio PuigGeneral Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalSamuel GilCEO & General Partner at JME Ventures
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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