Where does Nikhita Kulkarni work?

Nikhita Kulkarni is Associate, Investments & Investor Relations at AIF.

Where did Nikhita Kulkarni go to school?

Nikhita Kulkarni studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance); Houston City College (Business).

Nikhita Kulkarni

Investor

Associate, 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

Skills & more

Leadership4EntrepreneurshipBudgetingForecastingAnalytical CapabilityRelationship DevelopmentPresentation SkillsInvestment AnalysisCreative Problem SolvingPresentationsSummarizing InformationBusiness Analysis

+12 more

Critical ThinkingInvestor RelationsProblem SolvingFinancial DataValuationFinancial ConceptsFinancial StatementsResearchFinanceCompetitive AnalysisAsset ManagementInvestment Management

Languages Hindi · Kannada

VC University — VC University

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Colleagues at AIF

Alison Singer

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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

Christopher Male

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at AIF

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nikhita Kulkarni?: 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.
Where does Nikhita Kulkarni work?: Nikhita Kulkarni is Associate, Investments & Investor Relations at AIF.
Where did Nikhita Kulkarni go to school?: Nikhita Kulkarni studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance); Houston City College (Business).