Nida Ansari
Founder of karmic partners
Nida Ansari
Founder of karmic partners
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
2023 - Current
Karmic Partners helps founders, innovators, and other players in entrepreneurial ecosystems innovate and scale. We offer fractional CXO services, strategic planning, customer research and development, and innovation team development, ecosystem building and storytelling services.
Chief Innovation Officer
2023
Managing innovation, membership experience and programming for the largest innovation district in Indiana. Currently tasked with building a team to develop the Innovation and Entrepreneurship function at the district. Secured 11 additional accelerator cohorts annually and an ARPA-H spoke designation in the first 12 months. Co-led effort for EDA biotech hub grant and received $51MM.
Founding Member
2022
Hardtech Indiana is a coalition on thought leadership and program development and our goal is to create and elevate the ecosystem of partners and founders to enable hardtech in Indiana. We hope to support entrepreneurs and highlight resources to support company growth, get started, find talent, funding and mentorship and more.
Angel Investor
2022
Principal
2023 - 2023
Senior Associate
2021 - 2023
Board Observer
2023 - 2023
Board Observer
2022 - 2023
Board Observer
2022 - 2023
Angel Investor
2022 - 2023
2 investments in Fintech (Africa) and Ecommerce (South Asia)
Managing Director
2021 - 2023