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Nikul Bhatt

Investor

Senior Partner at KFC Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Senior partner providing technology direction at enterprise, solution, and platform levels, with expertise in AI and cybersecurity architectures.

Experience

  1. KFC VenturesSenior Partner @ Karma-Free Capital Venturescurrent2025 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  2. KFC VenturesPartner @ Karma-Free Capital Ventures2022 — 2025Los Altos, California, United States
  3. Genie Platfom AIFounder, CEO2025Los Altos, California, United States
  4. Genie Platfom AICo-Founder, CTO2024 — 2025Los Altos, California, United States
  5. CiscoSenior Technical Lead2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Cisco - EagleEyeCo-Founder2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  7. CiscoSr Technical Leader2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Cisco - AROSCo-Founder2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Cisco SystemsSenior Technical Lead2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Cisco - CSGSr. Software Engineer2008 — 2012
  11. Cisco - NOSTGSoftware Engineer2004 — 2008
  12. CiscoSoftware Engineer2000 — 2004
  13. IGTIntern1999Greater Reno Area

Education

  1. University of Nevada, RenoMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science1998 — 2000
  2. Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityBS (Computer Science), Computer Software Engineering1993 — 1997

Skills & more

NestJSApache AirflowUnix3Java5Python11C2RESTLinuxSwiftiOSTensorFlowKeras
+12 moreC (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)REST APIsSupport Vector Machine (SVM)Random ForestStartupsEntrepreneurshipLinux KVMComputer NetworkingSoftware ArchitectureMicroservicesData Pipelines

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Sanskrit

  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning — DeepLearning.AI
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — DeepLearning.AI
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects — DeepLearning.AI
  • Convolutional Neural Networks — DeepLearning.AI

From Nikul's professional profile.

Colleagues at KFC Ventures

Deep Singhania
Venture Partner at KFC Ventures
Naveen Kumar
Managing Director at KFC Ventures
Prashanth Iyer
CMO at KFC Ventures
Sandhya Sridharan
Managing Partner at KFC Ventures
Zubin Shroff
Venture Partner at KFC Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Nikul Bhatt work?
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Same school

Also attended University of Nevada, Reno12

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Also attended Savitribai Phule Pune University30

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Shared employers

Also worked at KFC Ventures4

Naveen KumarManaging Director at KFC VenturesZubin ShroffVenture Partner at KFC VenturesDeep SinghaniaVenture Partner at KFC VenturesPrashanth IyerCMO at KFC Ventures

Also worked at Cisco329

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Also worked at IGT6

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