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Ankur Jain

Founder of Bilt Technologies

New York, New York

Overview 

Ankur Jain is the Founder & CEO of Bilt Rewards and Kairos, with a notable background as the former VP Product at Tinder. He has a strong track record in entrepreneurship, leadership, and start-ups, having founded multiple successful ventures and made investments in various sectors, including Real Estate/PropTech and Consumer Internet.

Work Experience 

  • Founder

    2018 - Current

Bilt Rewards offers a rewards program that allows renters to earn points on rent and create a path towards homeownership.

Raised $563,300,000.00 from Vanderbilt University, University of Illinois Foundation, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Camber Creek, Prosus Ventures, General Catalyst, Eldridge Industries and Left Lane Capital.

  • Founder & CEO

    2017

    Kairos is a family of companies that are making everyday life better and more affordable. Whether it's lowering your upfront cost of rent or making sure you get the best childcare when the time is right, we've got you covered. The Kairos family includes Rhino, Little Spoon, and Cera.

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2022

    Rhino replaces costly security deposits with a low-cost insurance policy to help renters save thousands on move in. The company is part of the Kairos Family of brands.

Rhino is a licensed insurance agency that gives renters financial alternatives to security deposits.

Raised $140,756,951.00 from Tiger Global Management, Lakehouse Ventures, Lakestar and Kairos HQ.

  • VP, Product

    2016 - 2017

    VP of Product for Tinder, Inc - the world's largest social network for meeting people

Tinder anonymously finds people nearby that like each other and connects them if they are both interested.

Raised $50,000,000.00 from Benchmark.

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2012 - 2016

    Humin is working to help the world communicate in a more human way. Sold to Tinder in 2016

A revolutionary new contacts platform that thinks the way you do.

  • Ankur Jain - Founder and Chairman

    2008 - 2012

    We started with the belief that the key to improving our world lies in uniting the next generation of leaders to develop globally impactful innovations. To this end, Kairos has built a member base consisting of some of the brightest students from top universities around the world. Along with guidance from some of today’s foremost leaders, these students are working together to use entrepreneurship and innovation in tackling some of today’s most daunting issues including alternative energy, education, and health. Kairos members hold a common belief that they will ultimately Do Well by Doing Good.

  • Graduate Studies Program '10

    2010 - 2010

    In 2010, he was selected as one of eighty students (out of 1,800) to participate in the prestigious Singularity University Summer Program, an interdisciplinary program based at the NASA Ames campus in Silicon Valley whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies that address humanity’s grand challenges.

Singularity Group is an educational organization that provides research development and executive programs.

  • Internship

    2008 - 2008

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community giving.

  • Internship

    2007 - 2007

AEA is a private investment firm for a select group of industrial family offices.

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