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Niyaz Laiq

Investor

Partner at Lumikai

New Delhi, Delhi, India

About

Niyaz Laiq is a Partner at Lumikai Fund, an India-based venture capital firm investing in interactive media, digital platforms, and games, with seed to Series A cheque sizes of $200K–$2M and portfolio companies including Eloelo, Supernova, Bombay Play, AutoVRse, NPrep, and Zoop. His earlier career spans over 18 years across venture capital, private equity fund-of-funds, and entrepreneurship, including a Partner role at seed-stage investor GSF, co-founding recipe-sharing platform BetterButter (later sold to Silverpush), founding student housing chain Hammock, and roles at Federated Hermes Private Equity and Lok Capital. He also founded Founders Day, a weekly newsletter covering seed-stage deals in India.

Experience

  1. Lumikai FundPartnercurrent2025 — presentNew Delhi, Delhi, India
  2. Founders DayFounder & Chief Data Entry Officercurrent2024 — presentNew Delhi, Delhi, India
  3. GSFPartner2021 — 2024India
  4. BulbulSVP2019 — 2020Gurgaon, Haryana
  5. BetterButterCo-Founder & CEO2015 — 2019New Delhi Area, India
  6. HammockFounder2014 — 2015New Delhi Area, India
  7. Lok CapitalInvestor2012 — 2014New Delhi, Delhi
  8. Federated Hermes LimitedAssociate2010 — 2012London and Singapore
  9. Gartmore Private EquityAnalyst2008 — 2010City Of London, England, United Kingdom
  10. RanbaxySummer Intern2006
  11. Friedrich Naumann FoundationSummer Intern2004
  12. Kotak Investment BankingSummer Intern, Debt Capital Markets2003
  13. Indiatimes.comSummer Intern2000

Education

  1. SOAS University of LondonMSc Finance & Development, Development Economics
  2. Delhi UniversityB.A.. (Honours) in Economics, Economics
  3. Modern School1994 — 2001

Skills & more

Private Equity13Deal Sourcing15Economics13Equities16Capital Markets10Equity Research12Emerging Markets4Venture Capital6Strategy6Valuation4Financial Modeling14

Languages English · Hindi

From Niyaz's professional profile.

Colleagues at Lumikai

Aanchal Pant
Manager - PR, Brand & Community at Lumikai
Abhay Malla
Sr. Investment Associate at Lumikai
Aditya Deshpande
Principal at Lumikai
Anant Seth
CFO & IC Member at Lumikai
Asher Siddiqui
Fund Board & IC Member at Lumikai
Rishabh Sethia
Manager - Finance & Fund Operations at Lumikai
Salone Sehgal
Founder & Managing Partner at Lumikai
Sasha Bhatia
Founders Office at Lumikai

Frequently asked questions

Where does Niyaz Laiq work?
Niyaz Laiq is Partner at Lumikai.

Founder mafias

Delhi University mafia12

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dr. Venkat SrinivasanBComFounded English Helper +1Krish KupathilB. Com (Honors)Founded Quest GlobalIshpreet Singh GandhiBachelor of Commerce - BComFounded Stride VenturesTejinder SinghBachelor's degreeFounded TridentRish GuptaB.A.(Hons)Founded SpotAIAnuj JainBachelor of Information TechnologyFounded Zip Phone

+ 5 more

Modern School mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dr. Manu KumarFounded Hi Hello +1Uday Paul KumarFounded ShopfloJayant PanwarComputer ScienceFounded PropReturnsShiv SakhujaFounded Gooseworks

SOAS University of London mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Phil BrennanNear and Middle Eastern StudiesFounded Cinder +1Lorraine Kageni MainaInternational RelationsFounded PngmeHana ZaghloulBachelor of Laws (LLB)Founded DayraPavel GertsbergBA Politics and African StudiesFounded ClaimSorted

Lok Capital mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Anuj SaigalInvestment AssociateFounded Spark +1

Same school

Also attended SOAS University of London34

Helena DyeFinance & Operations Associate at Active PartnersJoyce-Ann WainainaManaging Partner at Chui VenturesAli QaiserMENA at Salica InvestmentsAlasdair ThongFounding Partner at Selvedge VentureIrena SpazzapanManaging General Partner at Systemiq CapitalMani HonigsteinInvestor at Honeystone Ventures

+ 28 more

Also attended Delhi University108

Rama KannanGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesAmrit RajPartner & Chief Marketing Officer at Jungle VenturesShunyam GuptaAnalyst, Asia at RTP GlobalAtul DhawanAudit & Strategy Mentor at SenseAI VenturesUtpal SharmaVice President at Titan CapitalGeetansh PopliInvestment Analyst at Titan Capital

+ 102 more

Also attended Modern School14

Dr. Manu KumarChief Firestarter at K9 VenturesUday Paul KumarInvestor at Saison CapitalRitika JajooSenior Analyst at Sauce.vcAshmeet SidanaFounder and Chief Engineer at Engineering CapitalDilsher DhupiaSenior Analyst, Investments at Merak VenturesDiwaker SinghPartner at Gecad Ventures

+ 8 more

Shared employers

Also worked at GSF6

Rishab MalikManaging Partner, Pre-Seed/Seed at Jungle VenturesSheryl LazerSenior Analyst at InsitorBrij BhasinPartner at Rebright PartnersVikul GoyalAssociate at Bessemer Venture PartnersRajesh SawhneyInvestor at GSFHimanshu BamoriaFounder at Gooseworks

Also worked at Lok Capital6

Ganesh RengaswamyManaging Partner at Quona CapitalVarun MalhotraPartner at Quona CapitalAshish JainCo-Founder and Partner at WaterBridge VenturesPreeth GowdarChief Investment Officer at Save the Children Global VenturesVijay AdvaniAdvisor at EQUIAMAnuj SaigalFounder at Dataherald

Also worked at Federated Hermes Limited3

Simon CunninghamInvestor at Index VenturesLiz StaleyPartner & Chief Compliance Officer at Revelation PartnersPaul O'NeillChief Investment Officer at Bentley Reid

Also worked at Ranbaxy1

Apurva ChamariaAdvisor at Roots Ventures