Nishant Rao

Board Member & Scale-up VCpreneur | Passionate to transform India & Asia into B2B product nations building for the world

๐Ÿ“ Gurgaon, Haryana, India๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 1 investments๐Ÿ“… 13 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested May 2013๐• @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member, TechCrunch India
May 2013
TechCrunch, founded on June 11, 2005, is a news website dedicated to the tech scene. We provide breaking technology news, opinions, and analysis on tech companies from around the world. From publicly traded tech companies to emerging startups and venture capital funding rounds, TechCrunch is your number one guide for all things startups.
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2019
Founding Partner
Jan 2019
Avataar is a growth stage, Operational VC fund partnering actively with brilliant regional Tech-led B2B & SaaS startups to Re-invent, Scale & Transform into successful, enduring global businesses. We believe in the promise of India & South-East Asia transforming into B2B product nations, building for the world! We believe in orchestrating a new Enterpreneur-VC equation for the region, where we roll up our sleeves and operate in the trenches with our founders. Together their passion & ideas, coupled with our experience & networks help accelerate each portfolio companys scale-up success formula.
2017
India VC Ecosystem (Accel, SAIF, Sequoia, Blume, Lightspeed, Lumis etc)
Advisor
May 2017
2013
Board Member, TechCrunch India
May 2013
TechCrunch, founded on June 11, 2005, is a news website dedicated to the tech scene. We provide breaking technology news, opinions, and analysis on tech companies from around the world. From publicly traded tech companies to emerging startups and venture capital funding rounds, TechCrunch is your number one guide for all things startups.
2012
Managing Director, LinkedIn India & extended parts of Asia
Sep 2012
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the worlds professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the worlds largest professional network. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Sales Solutions and Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn has offices across the globe.
2007
Senior Engagement Manager, Associate Principal
Sep 2007
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. We are the trusted advisor to the worlds leading businesses, governments, and institutions. We work with leading organizations across the private, public and social sectors. Our scale, scope, and knowledge allow us to address problems that no one else can. We have deep functional and industry expertise as well as breadth of geographical reach. We are passionate about taking on immense challenges that matter to our clients and, often, to the world. We work with our clients as we do with our colleagues. We build their capabilities and leadership skills at every level and every opportunity. We do this to help build internal support, get to real issues, and reach practical recommendations. We bring out the capabilities of clients to fully participate in the process and lead the ongoing work.