Nishant Rao

Experience

1. Avataar Venture PartnersFounding Partnercurrent2019 — presentGurugram
2. Safe SecurityBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
3. CredCoreBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
4. Infinite UptimeBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
5. LambdaTestBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
6. interface.aiBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
7. InsuranceDekhoBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
8. AmagiBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
9. CRMNEXTBoard Member & US CEOcurrent2019 — presentNoida Area, India
10. SenseBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
11. Capillary TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentBengaluru Area, India
12. RateGainBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentGurgaon, India
13. Zeta IndiaBoard Advisorcurrent2019 — presentBengaluru Area, India
14. McKinsey & CompanyMcKinsey India Expert Advisory Boardcurrent2016 — presentGurugram, Haryana, India
15. India VC Ecosystem (Accel, SAIF, Sequoia, Blume, Lightspeed, Lumis etc)Advisorcurrent2017 — presentGurgaon, India
16. Emiza Inc.Board Membercurrent2017 — presentNew Delhi Area, India
17. PeopleStrongBoard Advisorcurrent2017 — presentGurgaon, India
18. IBMBoard Advisorcurrent2015 — presentIndia
19. Confederation of Indian IndustryAdvisory Board Member, National Committee on Skill Developmentcurrent2015 — presentGurgaon, India
20. SirionLabsCEO & Board2017 — 2019Gurgaon, India

Education

1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA, Strategy2005 — 2007
2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMBA, Strategy & Marketing2005 — 2007
3. The University of Texas at AustinB.S., Computer Science1997 — 2000
4. Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram1994 — 1996
5. St. Columba's1988 — 1994

Skills & more

Languages English · Hindi · Marathi

From Nishant's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management410

DLDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHTHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBFBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsCMChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOOlaInvestor at Investinor

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

FWFred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHTHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBFBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMHMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDADelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin247

VSViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTKTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSMSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionALAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneASAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMHMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sense2

MKMohan KumarInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesADAnand DanielPartner at Accel

Also worked at IBM493

KCKenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRKRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalABAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKMKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also worked at Confederation of Indian Industry3

MFMelissa FrakmanCEO & Founding Partner at Emphasis VenturesSVSudhanshu VatsManaging Director at Pidilite Industries LimitedBVB V R Mohan ReddyFounder & Chairman, Cyient at T-Hub

Also worked at Microsoft Corporation626

RHReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGTGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJSJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesVFViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQCQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystVSViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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