Nick Sachdeva, Ceo

Entrepreneur | Investor with TCA | Advisor | Technologist | CEO | CIO | Growth Hacker | Speaker

📍 Orange County, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2022
VC🌍 United States
5
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Investor & Partner
Feb 2022
Welcome to SPICE SOCIAL Modern Indian Cuisine & Bar. A platform on its own inspiring modern Indian cuisine that is anything but traditional. Located in the flavoring jar of spices in Fullerton invites guests to experience Indian cuisine in a completely new way with its spicy 🌶 atmosphere, flavorful course of meal and innovative cocktails and mock-tails. using the authentic flavors Chef:- Gursagar Singh premiere experience and his creative thinking of combining flavors to you feel the customers satisfaction is strive for culinary excellence. The goal of SPICE SOCIAL kitchen and bar is to present modern Indian dishes in a aromatic and flavorful way, while providing socialized service to each of our guests.
early stageRestaurants
Investor with Cove Fund II
Jan 2017
Cove Fund is a family of seed-stage venture capital funds that provides startup funding for promising new Southern California ventures. The funds are headquartered in “The Cove” at UC Irvine Applied Innovation, a centrally located and vibrant gathering place for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors in the Southern California startup ecosystem. Cove Fund I, a $6M fund, opened in 2015 and is fully invested. Cove Fund II, a $14M fund, launched in early 2018 and is actively investing. The funds invest in early stage technology and life science companies that demonstrate the potential to address large markets with highly differentiated products and services, and that can achieve significant value-creating inflection points with their seed funding.
Investor & Partner
Feb 2006
CivicMinds, Inc is a boutique full-cycle recruitment firm specialized in the Engineering, Healthcare, IT, Medical Devices and placing talents from Executive (“C” Level) and all other Non-IT roles. Our knowledge of the recruitment industry combined with our extensive background/experience in immigration has allowed us the platform to create an international talent pool of resources. CivicMinds has successfully placed talented professionals not only within the U.S., but from around the world. And in most cases we are able to place talents who are Green Cards Holders, EAD, CPT and OPT holders using our recruitment & immigration experience. Our geographical service area is throughout the U.S and India. Our passion for recruitment & immigration has allowed us to pinpoint our clients’ needs and challenges and be able to target stellar talents without many restrictions and place them with reputable companies in the U.S. to create a mutually beneficial long term relationship between the client and the candidate. AWARDS & RECOGNITION: 2019 - INC 5000 - Fastest Growing Companies 2019 - Orange County Business Journal - Fastest Growing Companies 2020 - Orange County Business Journal - Fastest Growing Companies TALENT ACQUISITION: Direct Hire, Contract to Hire, Contract Staffing, Retained/Contingency Search IT ENGINEERING STAFFING: Acoustic Engineer, Robotic Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer - Design, Electrical Engineer - Controls, Hardware Engineer, ASIC Engineer, Filter Engineer HEALTHCARE STAFFING: Registered Nurse, RN II-Cath Lab, Clinical Nurse, NICU Nurse Manager, Case Manager, Ultrasound Technician, Licensed Practical Nurse, Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Radiologic Technologist, Ultrasound Technician IT STAFFING: Software Architects, Database Administrators & Developers, Software Programmers, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Administrators & Engineers, Software Testing, Application Developers, IOT, Project Managers.
Experience · 5 entries
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Investments (4)
Founder (1)
2022
Investor & Partner
Feb 2022
Welcome to SPICE SOCIAL Modern Indian Cuisine & Bar. A platform on its own inspiring modern Indian cuisine that is anything but traditional. Located in the flavoring jar of spices in Fullerton invites guests to experience Indian cuisine in a completely new way with its spicy 🌶 atmosphere, flavorful course of meal and innovative cocktails and mock-tails. using the authentic flavors Chef:- Gursagar Singh premiere experience and his creative thinking of combining flavors to you feel the customers satisfaction is strive for culinary excellence. The goal of SPICE SOCIAL kitchen and bar is to present modern Indian dishes in a aromatic and flavorful way, while providing socialized service to each of our guests.
early stageRestaurants
2017
Investor with Cove Fund II
Jan 2017
Cove Fund is a family of seed-stage venture capital funds that provides startup funding for promising new Southern California ventures. The funds are headquartered in “The Cove” at UC Irvine Applied Innovation, a centrally located and vibrant gathering place for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors in the Southern California startup ecosystem. Cove Fund I, a $6M fund, opened in 2015 and is fully invested. Cove Fund II, a $14M fund, launched in early 2018 and is actively investing. The funds invest in early stage technology and life science companies that demonstrate the potential to address large markets with highly differentiated products and services, and that can achieve significant value-creating inflection points with their seed funding.
2015
Otay Lakes Pharmacy
Co-Owner ( Investor )
Oct 2015
Investor with TCA
Feb 2015
Founded as Tech Coast Angels in 1997, Tech Coast Angels Venture Group (TCA VG) has invested approximately $300 million in more than 525 companies, attracting an additional $2.2 billion in capital. With 400+ accredited investors in TCA LA, TCA OC, TCA Inland Empire, Pasadena Angels, and MEDA Angels, TCA VG is a key seed and early-stage funding source. Members, including founders and business leaders, deliver more than capital — providing counsel, mentorship, and access to extensive networks.
2006
Investor & Partner
Feb 2006
CivicMinds, Inc is a boutique full-cycle recruitment firm specialized in the Engineering, Healthcare, IT, Medical Devices and placing talents from Executive (“C” Level) and all other Non-IT roles. Our knowledge of the recruitment industry combined with our extensive background/experience in immigration has allowed us the platform to create an international talent pool of resources. CivicMinds has successfully placed talented professionals not only within the U.S., but from around the world. And in most cases we are able to place talents who are Green Cards Holders, EAD, CPT and OPT holders using our recruitment & immigration experience. Our geographical service area is throughout the U.S and India. Our passion for recruitment & immigration has allowed us to pinpoint our clients’ needs and challenges and be able to target stellar talents without many restrictions and place them with reputable companies in the U.S. to create a mutually beneficial long term relationship between the client and the candidate. AWARDS & RECOGNITION: 2019 - INC 5000 - Fastest Growing Companies 2019 - Orange County Business Journal - Fastest Growing Companies 2020 - Orange County Business Journal - Fastest Growing Companies TALENT ACQUISITION: Direct Hire, Contract to Hire, Contract Staffing, Retained/Contingency Search IT ENGINEERING STAFFING: Acoustic Engineer, Robotic Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer - Design, Electrical Engineer - Controls, Hardware Engineer, ASIC Engineer, Filter Engineer HEALTHCARE STAFFING: Registered Nurse, RN II-Cath Lab, Clinical Nurse, NICU Nurse Manager, Case Manager, Ultrasound Technician, Licensed Practical Nurse, Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Radiologic Technologist, Ultrasound Technician IT STAFFING: Software Architects, Database Administrators & Developers, Software Programmers, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Administrators & Engineers, Software Testing, Application Developers, IOT, Project Managers.
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2006–2022 · 5 investments
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