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Nikhil Kapur

Investor

Portfolio 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.

In turn, Nikhil can intro founders to Saleswhale's investors below.

Co-founders at Saleswhale

GLGabriel Lim
Gabriel LimFounder/CEO
ELEthan Le
Ethan LeFounder
VWVenus Wong
Venus WongFounder

Experience

  1. Grayscale VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentBengaluru
  2. PromptQLPre-Seed Investorcurrent2017 — present
  3. TestsigmaPre-Seed Investorcurrent2020 — present
  4. s2.devPre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  5. 100msSeed Investorcurrent2020 — present
  6. ClassplusPre-Seed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  7. BytebeamSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
  8. AyoconnectPre-Seed Investorcurrent2016 — present
  9. HypefastPre-Seed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  10. STRIVEPartner2016 — 2023Singapore
  11. SKALAOperating Partner2018 — 2020Indonesia
  12. Pie (acquired by Google)Product2015Singapore
  13. TommyJamsCo-Founder, CTO2013 — 2015India
  14. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2010 — 2013
  15. Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)Text 2.0 - Image Recognition2010Kaiserslautern, Germany
  16. MozillaIntern2009 — 2010India
  17. DeloitteIntern2009Mumbai Area, India

Skills & more

Strategy33Team Management8Management5Analysis3Leadership4C++21C7Objective-C4Python5Perl4Java4Android3
+12 morePHPHTMLSQLJavaScriptEclipseVisual StudioMicrosoft OfficeMySQLSaasAI InfraProduct ManagementSoftware Infrastructure

Languages 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).

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