Nikhita Kulkarni
InvestorAssociate, Investments & Investor Relations at AIF
New York, New York, United States
About
Nikhita Kulkarni manages investor communications, outreach, and investment materials at AIF, and supports the fund's process through preliminary due diligence and deal memo preparation. She previously worked as a Research Associate on the healthcare team at Brandes Investment Partners, later co-founding Houston Venture Labs, a healthcare-focused venture studio, and launching a founder-investor matching program at the Ion. She holds a BBA in Finance with an Accounting minor from the University of Texas at Austin.
Experience
- AIFSenior Associatecurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
- AIFAssociate, Investments and Investor Relations2025 — 2026New York, New York, United States
- AIFInvestor Relations and Fund Operations2024 — 2025Houston, Texas, United States
- Houston Venture LabsCo-Founder, Business Development Lead2023 — 2024Houston, Texas, United States
- Ion HoustonInnovator in Residence2023Houston, Texas, United States
- Brandes Investment PartnersResearch Associate2020 — 2022
- Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at AustinStudent Assistant2019 — 2020Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- MassMutualInvestment Management Intern, Asset Allocation2019
- The Home DepotFinance Intern2018Greater Houston
- Global Custom Commerce / Blinds.com (a Home Depot company)Accounting Intern2016Greater Houston
Education
- The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance
- Houston City CollegeBusiness
Skills & more
Leadership4EntrepreneurshipBudgetingForecastingAnalytical CapabilityRelationship DevelopmentPresentation SkillsInvestment AnalysisCreative Problem SolvingPresentationsSummarizing InformationBusiness Analysis
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Critical ThinkingInvestor RelationsProblem SolvingFinancial DataValuationFinancial ConceptsFinancial StatementsResearchFinanceCompetitive AnalysisAsset ManagementInvestment ManagementLanguages Hindi · Kannada
- VC University — VC University
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Same school
Also attended The University of Texas at Austin247
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Also attended Houston City College2
Shared employers
Also worked at AIF12
Christopher MaleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at AIFRobert SarrazinChief Investment Officer & Managing Partner at AIFAshok SrinivasanChief Science Advisor at AIFRobbie AllenOperating Partner at AIFLauren IngramPrincipal at AIFMichelle HeSenior Associate at AIF
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Also worked at Ion Houston2
Also worked at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin2
Also worked at MassMutual11
Abby WagnerSenior Accountant at F-Prime Capital PartnersEJInvestor at Quorum Capital PartnersDouglas RussellManaging Partner at MassMutual VenturesIan W. SheridanManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Vestigo VenturesMichael R. FanningBoard Member at MassChallenge MexicoRekha SampathInvestor at Walnut Venture Associates
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Co-Founder & President, Autism Science Foundation at AIF
Amanda Lukof
Special Needs Advocate at AIF
Arun Gupta
Founder & CEO, Quartet, Accretive, The World Bank, McKinsey at AIF
Ashok Srinivasan
Chief Science Advisor at AIF
Bob Nelsen
Co-Founder & Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners at AIF
Brian Jacobs
Venture Capitalist Emergence, Moai Capital at AIF
Brian O'Callaghan
Co-Founder at AIF
Brian O’Callaghan
Co-Founder at AIF