Nik Nayar
Investor at Greycroft
San Francisco, California
Invests in
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Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$50,000,000.00Target Investment:
$5,000,000.00
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Work Experience
2023
Investor
2023
Focused on software companies in consumer tech and application layer AI – reach out at nayar@greycroft.com!
2022
Managing Partner
2022
Manage class fund investing in founders from Stanford. - Autoblocks (Pre-Seed), enabling LLMs at scale - Malama (Pre-Seed), remote monitoring of diabetes in pregnancy - Ever (Pre-Seed), EV marketplace - Apprenta (Pre-Seed), software tool to help make hiring decisions - Flora (Pre-Seed), e-commerce aggregator focused on sustainability - Skywalk (Pre-Seed), deep tech startup designed for intuitive gesture control - DubClub (Seed), platform for sports handicappers and their subscribers - Elevva (Seed), Latam e-commerce aggregator - Juice (Seed), global payment network - Medeloop.ai (Seed), platform to accelerate disease understanding - Ludis (Series A), sports analytics platform - Lucra (Series A), peer-to-peer sports gaming platform - Reset (Pre-Seed), payroll linked credit card to promote financial inclusion - Sonar (Pre-Seed), mental health monitoring to create support network for youth - CascadingAI (Pre-Seed), automating manual banking processes - Fram (Pre-Seed), bringing energy retrofits to rental homes - Apex Security (Seed), cybersecurity solutions for the AI stack - Tandem (Pre-Seed), office space sharing for startups - Aloi (Pre-Seed), cross-border e-commerce in Latam
2021 - 2022
Consumer Tech Investing
2021 - 2022
Supported consumer internet and software investments and diligence across prosumer, marketplaces, social, commerce and enablement companies. Internship before and during MBA.
2019 - 2021
Chief of Staff
2019 - 2021
Reported to CEO Meg Whitman and led projects across product/engineering, marketing, ad sales and finance.
2016 - 2019
Management Consultant | Consumer Tech & Media
2016 - 2019
Focus on corporate finance, marketing & sales, and growth strategy for big tech and media clients. Part of the Consumer Tech & Media practice and helped launch McKinsey Global Institute's Future of Work initiative (advising F500 corporations on the impact of automation and AI).
2014 - 2014
Product Manager
2014 - 2014
2013 - 2014
Summer/Fall VC Analyst
2013 - 2014