Nitesh K.

media/entertainment, esports/gaming, creator economy, streaming video & consumer tech advisor; ex-Amazon; ex-Sony; INSEAD alum

📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2023
Operator-angel🌍 India
9
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12y
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Seed Investor
Mar 2023
iiNDY is the leading Conversational Marketing and Commerce platform. We use AI to create custom conversational experiences that engage, reward and convert customers within the messaging apps that your customers love. Unlike traditional email, sms and social media marketing tools, iiNDY is designed from the ground up to power conversational marketing and commerce. Enabling marketers from leading consumer Brands to shift from one-way broadcasting/yelling at customers, to deeply engaging them in conversational experiences on their customers terms. Were backed by Outlier Ventures and Farfetch, and former leaders from PayPal, Nike, YouTube, Depop, Niatnic, Epic Games, and more.
Investor
Mar 2021
Fewcents reimagines micro access to individual content with global payments and sponsorships. Built for any digital media, the Fewcents wall is a plug-and-play widget that unlocks revenue and data from undervalued casual visitors.
Advisor, Mentor, and Shareholder
Dec 2019
Qoruz is a creator collaboration platform, an open destination for all creator relationships. Qoruz makes it easy for brands to collaborate with the right creators and build meaningful partnerships, leveraging the power of creator marketing to drive brand growth.
Investor
Jun 2018
Vyng has built a next-generation phone platform that visualizes every call. Vyng is an LA-based company that transforms how conversations start on mobile by bringing emotion to the lockscreen. Vyng’s app lets users set videos as ringtones for friends, playing a fresh video on the lockscreen with every call. Vyng boasts 3 Billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2017. The company is backed by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Google Ventures partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe. Check out this video at the 9 minute mark to see us win big $$: https://bit.ly/2PmU2fj What We're Building With over 5 million downloads, Vyng transforms a user’s caller ID into a video chosen by either the user or the incoming caller. The Vyng phone dialer replacement allows users to create their own Vyngtone or caller ID, or choose from a curated library of videos arranged by interest channels. The company has three current patents for its proprietary technology delivering video through calls and contextual texting. Mobile notifications, including incoming phone calls, have long been relegated to a generic, sterile design that lacks creativity. Believing in the untapped potential of lockscreens, Vyng facilitates the quickest, most impactful way to communicate through the delivery of a video to the lockscreen of a device. Since Vyng’s launch of Vyngtones last year, it has served over three billion videos in 170 countries and is driving engagement in regions like South Asia and North Africa where smartphone adoption continues to grow rapidly.
mid stageEntertainment
Investor
Oct 2016
With a mission to solve boredom for the 500+ million young Indians online, Pocket Aces is India's leading digital entertainment company focused on mobile video. Pocket Aces’ unique positioning comes from owning distribution, IP and managing exclusive talent. Pocket Aces has 35 million subscribers and clocks 700 million video views monthly across social media platforms with its channels FilterCopy (short fiction), Gobble (lifestyle), Nutshell (infotainment), and Dice Media (premium long-form web series). Dice Media is also a creator of choice for premium OTT platforms and has content deals with Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Amazon miniTV, Amazon Audible, Zee5, Aha, etc. Pocket Aces also runs Clout, which manages over 70 digital actors and influencers exclusively, making it one of the largest talent management companies in India. Pocket Aces has a team of over 200 people in Mumbai and has won more than 50 awards for its work across various categories. Major investors in Pocket Aces include Sequoia Capital, 3one4 Capital, DSP Group, North Base Media, and the co-founders of India's largest IT services firm, Infosys.
Investor
Oct 2015
Have you opened an account with HDFC Bank? Or created a fantasy team on Dream11? Youve ordered from Amazon or Zomato, for sure, right? If yes, then your life has been touched by IDfy. In 2023, IDfy’s fast growth has been recognized by the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 list as well as the Forbes Asia 100 Watchlist. As an Integrated Identity Platform, we help enterprises eliminate fraud and establish trust using tech-powered products and solutions for KYC, KYB, Background Verification, Risk Mitigation, Digital Onboarding and Digital Privacy. IDfy is a pioneer in the industry. With 12+ years of experience and 2 million daily verifications, we are known for our robust, enterprise-grade technology that powers a range of offerings such as: - A suite of 150+ APIs for document verification, merchant onboarding, risk assessment, and more - A Video Solutions platform that helps you onboard users anytime, anywhere, with 90% conversions and 100% compliance. - RiskAI - a tool for business due diligence that helps mitigate identity, reputation, operational, and credit risks. - IDfy360, a no-code platform, that helps businesses launch customized onboarding workflows within minutes. - A SaaS-based employee Background Verification (BGV) solution with the shortest TAT and highest accuracy in the industry. - CrimeCheck, a legal history checking solution that scans over 25 crore+ court, FIR and tribunal cases across India, enabling you to make more informed financial credit decisions
Investor
Jul 2015
91mobiles.com is the largest gadget site in India. We provide information & interactive tools to help people decide which gadget to buy and where to buy it from. 91mobiles is visited by over 40 million gadget enthusiasts every month, and ranks among the top 150 websites in India. We have a team of 100 people based in our offices in Gurgaon (HO), Delhi and Chennai. We work with most of the leading electronics & telecom brands (Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Nokia, OnePlus, etc.), as well as leading eCommerce companies (Amazon, Flipkart, TataCliq), to provide them with innovative ways to reach 91mobiles' gadget enthusiast community, to promote their products & offers. Studies show that 60% of all gadgets sold are researched online before purchase. 91mobiles’ mission is to become the starting point & the best source for this research, in India and abroad.
Investor
Oct 2014
Timesaverz.com is India’s first marketplace for home-services. Headquartered in Mumbai,the company has operations in 6 cities namely Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Gurgaon, and Hyderabad. We have catered to over 50,000 customers through our network of 1000+ service providers. Services we provide include cleaning, laundry, repairs, handyman, beauty, home interiors, and pest control services. The company raised $2.3 mn in Series A funding from Ronnie Screwvala's Unilazer Ventures. ACCOLADES Finalists at Microsoft Bizspark India Startup Challenge 2013 India's Top 100 Start-Ups of 2015 - SutraHR
Investor
Jun 2014
Indulge Beverages has pioneered the single-serve coffee industry in India, and has become known for creating the most indulgent, premium coffee experience to homes, offices and studios around the country under their premium coffee brand ‘ Bonhomia’. The company’s core business offering falls into a very interesting & unique space straddling two domains of technology and food products to offer a one touch solution for high end café style coffee. Artisan Coffee as a concept revolves around the idea of a luxurious, sophisticated experience. At the heart of artisan coffee is the idea that what you are consuming is a special product, one that took hours of painstaking effort to create, and provides you with an experience that is above and beyond what the market generally offers. Bonhomia’s market is in this niche, combining artisan coffees with exotic preparation, and all in the comfort of your home. The idea is a simple one: you deserve a phenomenal coffee, and we’re here to ensure that you get it by providing you a high-technology, low-effort preparation method with a variety of incredibly flavorful, sophisticated coffees for you to choose from. Our customer needs to do nothing more than choose the variety of coffee they want… the sourcing, roasting, grinding, measuring, encapsulating, and preserving of the coffee is taken care of by us. The new-age coffee connoisseur wants a ready solution to their coffee desires, and that’s where Bonhomia comes in by providing artisan coffees in the Capsule format, thereby eliminating the work and ensuring that a perfect coffee is only moments away. Starting from the simple concept of combining hand-picked Indian-origin coffees and exquisitely designed technology, Bonhomia’s range of products has grown to include 5 coffee brewers and 12 varieties of coffee available across top Modern trade chains and Online platforms to the customers ( Amazon , Bonhomiaworld.com )
Experience · 13 entries
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2023
Seed Investor
Mar 2023
iiNDY is the leading Conversational Marketing and Commerce platform. We use AI to create custom conversational experiences that engage, reward and convert customers within the messaging apps that your customers love. Unlike traditional email, sms and social media marketing tools, iiNDY is designed from the ground up to power conversational marketing and commerce. Enabling marketers from leading consumer Brands to shift from one-way broadcasting/yelling at customers, to deeply engaging them in conversational experiences on their customers terms. Were backed by Outlier Ventures and Farfetch, and former leaders from PayPal, Nike, YouTube, Depop, Niatnic, Epic Games, and more.
2022
CEO & Managing Director (Advisor/Consultant)
Jan 2022
Calyx is an esports organizer and production company based in Dubai committed to building the presence of esports in the MENA region. Operating since 2014, Calyx has been involved in organization and broadcast of esports tournaments across all genres of games.
CEO & Managing Director (Advisor/Consultant)
Jan 2022
Hockwood Games, full-fledged esport organization, we work together to bring immersive gaming events through high quality production and catered experiences that drive brand affinity between clients and spectators all are under one roof. With a focus on live production, post production, broadcast consultations, production staffing and creative development, we manage and create media content with unrivaled enthusiasm and quality in the esports marketplace in the region. From consultations on technical facilities and original content generation formats, to the unmatched execution of large scale productions in live entertainment and esports, our passion for production and dedication to our clientele is unmatched.
2021
Investor
Mar 2021
Fewcents reimagines micro access to individual content with global payments and sponsorships. Built for any digital media, the Fewcents wall is a plug-and-play widget that unlocks revenue and data from undervalued casual visitors.
2020
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