Nishanth Lingamneni

Angel Investor | LP | Mentor & Advisor | 18 year Microsoft Product Leader

๐Ÿ“ United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 4 investments๐Ÿ“… 3 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jan 2026
VC๐ŸŒ United StatesInvested this year
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Angel Investor
Jan 2026
Hiring? Our AI agent sources from 850M profiles. Verify and assess real people with real skills all on one platform. Start for free. Email: hello@skillsheet.me ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป: โœด Source through 850M candidates โœด Verify identity before your team invests time โœด Capture how candidates think and express themselves through AI-led video interviews ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โœด Recruiters today face a flood of AI-generated resumes and fake profiles. Skillsheet cuts through that noise. โœดSearch in plain language: โ€œSenior UX Designer in the Greater Seattle Area. 3-5 years of experience. Must be experienced in Figma.โ€ โœด View short highlight reels to understand personality and depth in seconds โœด Access verified profiles before the first call In short, we give your team superpowers without falsely hyping AI to replace valuable people. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ Youโ€™re expected to do more with less. Fewer recruiters. Tighter budgets. Higher expectations. We built Skillsheet for you. If you run a ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, are a ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, or lead ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, you know the pain: flooded inboxes, AI-written resumes, fake candidates, and hours wasted before you even get to a real conversation. ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ. Our customers use Skillsheet to reduce manual screening strain, build trust with clients, and deliver better results with leaner teams. ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜. Skillsheet gives you leverage, clarity, and confidence in every hire. Ready to give your Talent Acquisition team superpowers? Contact us: hello@skillsheet.me or book a meeting: https://cal.com/aniketn/learn-about-skillsheet
Angel Investor
Nov 2025
Surge is a modern packaging partner for multi-unit foodservice and convenience chains. We combine premium sustainable disposables with purpose-built technology to simplify how growing brands manage packaging at scale. For operators, packaging isnโ€™t just cups and bags. Itโ€™s coordination across vendors, branding consistency, inventory reliability, sustainability compliance, and distribution complexity, all happening at once. Most chains are forced to piece this together across disconnected systems and suppliers. Surge brings it under one roof. What We Do Sustainable Product Suite We provide a full range of disposable products, from coffee cups and drinkware to bags, boxes, cutlery, and more. Most customers choose private-label branding, turning everyday packaging into a cohesive brand experience. Integrated Platform Our proprietary system connects products, branding, forecasting, and distribution into a single streamlined workflow, giving operators clarity, control, and confidence as they scale. Why It Matters Regulations are tightening. Consumers expect sustainability. Convenience and foodservice brands are evolving rapidly. Operational complexity is increasing. Packaging can either be a constant headache, or a competitive advantage. Surge exists to make it the latter. Weโ€™re building the infrastructure layer for sustainable packaging in modern foodservice.
Angel Investor
Mar 2023
Our mission is to offer millions of customers and suppliers the benefits of buying and selling online, and become our customersโ€™ favorite place to shop. Were adding jobs in technology, marketing, operations, and business management for colleagues who want to use best in class operating practices to help us grow.
Experience ยท 8 entries
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Founder (1)
2026
Mentor
Apr 2026
The Founder Institute is the Worldโ€™s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether youโ€™re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when youโ€™re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.
Limited Partner
Jan 2026
Capria Ventures is a Global South specialist venture capital firm investing in applied Generative AI, connecting founders into a uniquely collaborative network. Capria activates strong relationships between hundreds of founders and leading local VC firms in the tech hubs of the Global South - from Sao Paulo to Lagos to Bangalore to Jakarta. Capria brings state-of-the-art venture capital innovation combined with global best practices of sustainable ESG management to select and manage its portfolio of startups serving the fastest-growing economies of the world. Capria manages assets over USD 188M. Capria has offices in Seattle, Bangalore, Nairobi, and Washington DC. Investors and catalytic supporters include World Banks International Finance Corporation (IFC), Bill Gates (in a personal capacity), Ceniarth, Crystal Springs Foundation, Sorenson Impact Foundation, Unitus Labs, Lemelson Foundation, Mohandas Pai, and other leading impact investors.
Angel Investor
Jan 2026
Hiring? Our AI agent sources from 850M profiles. Verify and assess real people with real skills all on one platform. Start for free. Email: hello@skillsheet.me ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป: โœด Source through 850M candidates โœด Verify identity before your team invests time โœด Capture how candidates think and express themselves through AI-led video interviews ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โœด Recruiters today face a flood of AI-generated resumes and fake profiles. Skillsheet cuts through that noise. โœดSearch in plain language: โ€œSenior UX Designer in the Greater Seattle Area. 3-5 years of experience. Must be experienced in Figma.โ€ โœด View short highlight reels to understand personality and depth in seconds โœด Access verified profiles before the first call In short, we give your team superpowers without falsely hyping AI to replace valuable people. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ Youโ€™re expected to do more with less. Fewer recruiters. Tighter budgets. Higher expectations. We built Skillsheet for you. If you run a ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, are a ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, or lead ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, you know the pain: flooded inboxes, AI-written resumes, fake candidates, and hours wasted before you even get to a real conversation. ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ. Our customers use Skillsheet to reduce manual screening strain, build trust with clients, and deliver better results with leaner teams. ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜. Skillsheet gives you leverage, clarity, and confidence in every hire. Ready to give your Talent Acquisition team superpowers? Contact us: hello@skillsheet.me or book a meeting: https://cal.com/aniketn/learn-about-skillsheet
2025
Angel Investor
Nov 2025
Surge is a modern packaging partner for multi-unit foodservice and convenience chains. We combine premium sustainable disposables with purpose-built technology to simplify how growing brands manage packaging at scale. For operators, packaging isnโ€™t just cups and bags. Itโ€™s coordination across vendors, branding consistency, inventory reliability, sustainability compliance, and distribution complexity, all happening at once. Most chains are forced to piece this together across disconnected systems and suppliers. Surge brings it under one roof. What We Do Sustainable Product Suite We provide a full range of disposable products, from coffee cups and drinkware to bags, boxes, cutlery, and more. Most customers choose private-label branding, turning everyday packaging into a cohesive brand experience. Integrated Platform Our proprietary system connects products, branding, forecasting, and distribution into a single streamlined workflow, giving operators clarity, control, and confidence as they scale. Why It Matters Regulations are tightening. Consumers expect sustainability. Convenience and foodservice brands are evolving rapidly. Operational complexity is increasing. Packaging can either be a constant headache, or a competitive advantage. Surge exists to make it the latter. Weโ€™re building the infrastructure layer for sustainable packaging in modern foodservice.
Angel Investor
Aug 2025
Seattle Angel Conference is a program to build new Angel Investors in the local startup ecosystems. Where accredited investors and startup founders are introduced to the world of angel investing through a guided process that includes multiple pitch events and hands-on training sessions. Teaching Angel Investing by doing Angel Investing. Results -- Startups get funded. The number of Angel Investors active in the community increases.
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