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Nikhilesh Goel

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Founder at Validus Investment Holdings

Singapore

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About

Nikhilesh Goel is the Co-Founder and Group CEO of Validus, a fintech company, with a background spanning private equity, M&A, and advisory. He received the SFF Global Fintech Leader award in 2023 from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Fintech Association, the Innovation Leadership Achievement in Singapore Award in 2021 from The Asian Banker, and recognition among the Top 10 Fintech Leaders in 2019 and 2020 at the Singapore Fintech Association Awards.

Founder at Validus Investment Holdings

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Validus Investment Holdings's investors · 4

Global BrainTokyo · $100K – $184M checksK3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checksVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Singapore · $2.2M – $40M checksVinaCapital Ventures

Experience

  1. ValidusCo-Founder & Group CEOcurrent2020 — presentSingapore
  2. ValidusCo-Founder2016 — 2020Singapore
  3. Taipan PartnersManaging Partner2014 — 2016Singapore
  4. MASAN GroupVice President2012 — 2014Singapore
  5. MASAN GroupSenior Associate2011 — 2012Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  6. Avigo Capital PartnersInvestment Manager2008 — 2011Mumbai Area, India
  7. Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.Applications Engineer - Mobile Field Service Group2005 — 2006
  8. Tata Consultancy ServicesAssistant Systems Engineer2004 — 2005

Skills & more

Financial Modeling87Capital Markets15Business Strategy42Private Equity66Valuation62Corporate Finance26Due Diligence24Portfolio Management8Finance11Management21Financial Analysis5Mergers & Acquisitions22
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Who is Nikhilesh Goel?
Nikhilesh Goel is the Co-Founder and Group CEO of Validus, a fintech company, with a background spanning private equity, M&A, and advisory. He received the SFF Global Fintech Leader award in 2023 from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Fintech Association, the Innovation Leadership Achievement in Singapore Award in 2021 from The Asian Banker, and recognition among the Top 10 Fintech Leaders in 2019 and 2020 at the Singapore Fintech Association Awards.
Where does Nikhilesh Goel work?
Nikhilesh Goel is Founder of Validus Investment Holdings.
What companies did Nikhilesh Goel found?
Nikhilesh Goel founded Validus Investment Holdings.
Where did Nikhilesh Goel go to school?
Nikhilesh Goel studied at Harvard Business School Executive Education (Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance); Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi (MBA, Finance); Nagpur University (B.E., Electronics).

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Harvard Business School Executive Education mafia84

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Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi mafia14

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Raja GopalakrishnanMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded SenseaiNimit MehraMBA ( FT)Founded Zeo Route PlannerSumit JasoriaMBAFounded NewmeGaurav KapoorBusinessFounded MetricStreamRanjeet Pratap SinghMBA (MS)Founded PratilipiChirag TanejaMBA(Management of Services)Founded Gokwik

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Nagpur University mafia8

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Anil SethiBachelor of Commerce - BComFounded Compagos +2SameerB.E.Founded Revvsales +1Aditya SanghiFounded HotelogixRajesh VoddirajuBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)Founded HealthiPassAmit JainBEFounded BridgAshish DeshpandeBEFounded Harmonic Bionics

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Don Bosco School mafia4

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Konstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of PayhawkChris FeeneySenior Fellow, Bank Policy Institute at MissionOGRyan LaurinManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersPaul SlosarInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundTom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners

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Also attended Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi33

Rahul SinghOperator-in-residence at W Health Ventures Gp LlcMonika AdamowiczHead of People at Emerald Technology Ventures AgKanwaljit SinghFounder & Managing Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpYash SankrityayanManaging Partner, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesRaja GopalakrishnanGeneral Partner at SenseAI VenturesNeelam DhawanTech Industry Trailblazer at SenseAI Ventures

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Also attended Nagpur University22

Ashu BhallaPartner at Moneta VenturesSidd GandhiVenture Partner at growX VenturesVishal AroraManaging Partner at VDOSHJatin DesaiFounder and Managing Director at Inflexor VenturesVikram NafdeChief Information Officer at Webster BankSekhar PrabhakerOperating Partner at Capital Innovators

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Also attended Don Bosco School6

Vardhan ShahSenior Associate, India at Jungle VenturesManoj Kumar AgarwalCo-Founder & Managing Partner at SeafundAbhilash PaulVenture Partner at Verb VenturesSaurabh NangiaFounder at MeshAnurag DuttaCEO at RightbotSaurabh DoshiFounder at Verix

Shared employers

Also worked at Validus6

Hark AhluwaliaAssociate at RevolutionGenping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Anand PeriwalCOO - Financial Services at Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (GII)Carleen L. McCarthyVice President, Sales and Marketing – Portfolio Resource Group at Havencrest Capital ManagementVikas NahataCo-founder and Executive Chairman at ValidusSauvik DattaFounder at Seedflex

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Duc PhamFounder at Marathon Education

Also worked at Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.809

Marc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceAyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalMark SiegelPartner Emeritus at Menlo VenturesHope CochranVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupMark NelsonVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

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Also worked at Tata Consultancy Services134

Sumit JoharAdvisor at Clear VenturesRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersZainab AliData Engineer at Correlation VenturesManan PamaniSenior Analyst at Mission HoldingsAshu BhallaPartner at Moneta VenturesBarkha GvalaniSpecial Partner at Renegade Partners

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