Vipul Nakum

NED & Strategic Advisor | B2B Data & Intelligence Platforms | Private Capital | Investor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2025
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Investor & Advisor
Aug 2025
AI Score is redefining how organisations succeed in the AI age; transforming artificial intelligence from a technical asset into a source of secure innovation, trust, and measurable impact. Our platform connects every aspect of enterprise AI – from 3rd party SAAS and models to risks and outcomes – in one living system. It provides the clarity, confidence, and intelligence leaders need to drive progress responsibly and boldly. With real-time insight, intelligent scoring, and automated safeguards, AI Score turns complexity into clarity. We help organisations understand how their AI is performing, where risks emerge, and where the next opportunities for innovation lie. Designed for the cloud era, AI Score’s modular, lightweight architecture integrates effortlessly across your AI ecosystem — delivering instant visibility, trusted intelligence, and secure collaboration across teams. AI Score: Empowering secure and successful AI innovation.
Investor & Advisor
Oct 2023
StirlingX develops advanced drone solutions that deliver actionable data at scale. Our drones capture intelligence from complex environments, feeding it directly into analytics platforms to provide real-time, decision-ready insights. By combining modular technology with proprietary expertise, we maintain operational control while optimising performance for both commercial and defence applications. This dual-use approach allows us to innovate rapidly and translate commercial speed into defence capabilities. With decades of experience in UAVs, robotics, and data operations, our expert team delivers versatile drone solutions for the most challenging missions.
Senior Advisor | Investor
Mar 2022
GALLOS Technologies (www.gallostech.io) builds and invests in early-stage (pre-seed through to Series B) security, defence & resilience technology companies. Focus sectors are cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analytics, sensors, and autonomous systems (UAVs). The GALLOS team supports the companies it invests in by bringing unique security, science & technology and commercial optimisation expertise, underpinned by highly connected, patient capital at scale. GALLOS has assembled a world-class team with decades of Nation State level security experience as well as deep investment and commercial optimisation know-how. GALLOS has several valuable differentiators. Key amongst these is the team’s unique view of security which gives GALLOS an equally unique view of the technologies which can be brought to bear to help commercial and governmental clients manage the systemic security challenges they face. And the company enjoys privileged access to unique deal flow and highly expert human capital thanks to our deep connectivity within the security establishment networks in the UK and US especially. GALLOS is on the hunt for high potential companies to support. If you’re a security technology company at pre-Seed through to Series B and you’re looking for a co-building investor and partner to help give you strategic advantage, we look forward to hearing from you. Contact us today at info@gallostech.io.
Board Observer
Jan 2018
Finding great prospects is a problem for professionals everywhere. We know a referral is gold, but getting referred in a quality, repeatable way is a challenge for most. Theres a proven and easy, systematic way to overcome that. The tools, training and technology of Refer are now provided through BestEverSocial. Take a look and become a part of a community building success by focusing on trust, relatinships and referrals. If youve got 10 minutes a day to follow a proven roadmap, you can quickly be on the way to 10-15 new quality prospects every month. These people will want to meet and talk with you, and youll enter the connection with having trust and receive a warm reception. Refer built the world’s most effective referral winning software and training for professionals. These tools are now offered through our successor firms and continue to empower the success of pros globally. Take a look at our latest offerings seen at www.besteversocial.com. Want to know the exact 5 steps you need to follow to build a successful referrals based business? Heres your guide: https://bit.ly/3cEZFlj
Experience · 8 entries
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2025
Investor & Advisor
Aug 2025
AI Score is redefining how organisations succeed in the AI age; transforming artificial intelligence from a technical asset into a source of secure innovation, trust, and measurable impact. Our platform connects every aspect of enterprise AI – from 3rd party SAAS and models to risks and outcomes – in one living system. It provides the clarity, confidence, and intelligence leaders need to drive progress responsibly and boldly. With real-time insight, intelligent scoring, and automated safeguards, AI Score turns complexity into clarity. We help organisations understand how their AI is performing, where risks emerge, and where the next opportunities for innovation lie. Designed for the cloud era, AI Score’s modular, lightweight architecture integrates effortlessly across your AI ecosystem — delivering instant visibility, trusted intelligence, and secure collaboration across teams. AI Score: Empowering secure and successful AI innovation.
2024
Senior Advisor | Partner
Sep 2024
Nexia Group Holdings provides strategic advice, operational consulting, and capital to early- and expansion-stage companies in the most promising segments of the sustainability world. Nexia Group maintains a team of accomplished former entrepreneurs, operating executives, and experts who reinforce strategy, support execution, and drive value creation. Nexia Group also makes minority and majority investments in our partners.
2023
Investor & Advisor
Oct 2023
StirlingX develops advanced drone solutions that deliver actionable data at scale. Our drones capture intelligence from complex environments, feeding it directly into analytics platforms to provide real-time, decision-ready insights. By combining modular technology with proprietary expertise, we maintain operational control while optimising performance for both commercial and defence applications. This dual-use approach allows us to innovate rapidly and translate commercial speed into defence capabilities. With decades of experience in UAVs, robotics, and data operations, our expert team delivers versatile drone solutions for the most challenging missions.
2022
Senior Advisor | Investor
Mar 2022
GALLOS Technologies (www.gallostech.io) builds and invests in early-stage (pre-seed through to Series B) security, defence & resilience technology companies. Focus sectors are cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analytics, sensors, and autonomous systems (UAVs). The GALLOS team supports the companies it invests in by bringing unique security, science & technology and commercial optimisation expertise, underpinned by highly connected, patient capital at scale. GALLOS has assembled a world-class team with decades of Nation State level security experience as well as deep investment and commercial optimisation know-how. GALLOS has several valuable differentiators. Key amongst these is the team’s unique view of security which gives GALLOS an equally unique view of the technologies which can be brought to bear to help commercial and governmental clients manage the systemic security challenges they face. And the company enjoys privileged access to unique deal flow and highly expert human capital thanks to our deep connectivity within the security establishment networks in the UK and US especially. GALLOS is on the hunt for high potential companies to support. If you’re a security technology company at pre-Seed through to Series B and you’re looking for a co-building investor and partner to help give you strategic advantage, we look forward to hearing from you. Contact us today at info@gallostech.io.
2021
Mentor
Mar 2021
Plug and Play is a global innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006. We connect the people and organizations that drive technology forward, and turn those connections into real business outcomes. We run accelerator programs, facilitate corporate-startup pilots, invest in early-stage companies, and help governments and institutions build innovation ecosystems. Our network includes corporations, startups, investors, universities, and mentors across more than 20 industries and 60 locations worldwide. Since inception, weve accelerated thousands of startups and invested in over 2,500 companies. Our portfolio includes PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, Honey, and N26. Industries we work in: Advanced Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defense · Agtech · Animal Health · Brand & Retail · Crypto & Digital Assets · Deeptech · Energy · Enterprise & AI · Fintech · Food & Beverage · Health · Insurtech · Lifetech · Maritime · Media & Advertising · Medtech · Mobility & Physical AI · New Materials & Packaging · Real Estate & Construction · Semiconductors · Smart Cities · Sportstech · Supply Chain · Sustainability · Travel & Hospitality Where we operate: Americas: Silicon Valley · New York · Los Angeles · Washington D.C. · Detroit · Seattle · São Paulo · Alberta Europe: London · Munich · Stuttgart · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Madrid · Milan · Turin · Gothenburg · Vienna · Istanbul · Antwerp · Vilnius · Tirana · Yerevan · Tbilisi · Limassol · Tashkent Middle East & Africa: Riyadh · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Asia-Pacific: Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Singapore · Seoul · Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen · Jakarta · Kuala Lumpur · Phnom Penh · GIFT City
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