Nik Nayar
Investor at Greycroft
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2023 - Current
Focused on software companies in consumer tech and application layer AI – reach out at nayar@greycroft.com!
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that focuses on technology start-ups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets.
Managing Partner
2022
Manage class fund investing in founders from Stanford. - Autoblocks (Pre-Seed), enabling LLMs at scale - Malama (Pre-Seed), remote monitoring of diabetes in pregnancy - Ever (Pre-Seed), EV marketplace - Apprenta (Pre-Seed), software tool to help make hiring decisions - Flora (Pre-Seed), e-commerce aggregator focused on sustainability - Skywalk (Pre-Seed), deep tech startup designed for intuitive gesture control - DubClub (Seed), platform for sports handicappers and their subscribers - Elevva (Seed), Latam e-commerce aggregator - Juice (Seed), global payment network - Medeloop.ai (Seed), platform to accelerate disease understanding - Ludis (Series A), sports analytics platform - Lucra (Series A), peer-to-peer sports gaming platform - Reset (Pre-Seed), payroll linked credit card to promote financial inclusion - Sonar (Pre-Seed), mental health monitoring to create support network for youth - CascadingAI (Pre-Seed), automating manual banking processes - Fram (Pre-Seed), bringing energy retrofits to rental homes - Apex Security (Seed), cybersecurity solutions for the AI stack - Tandem (Pre-Seed), office space sharing for startups - Aloi (Pre-Seed), cross-border e-commerce in Latam
Consumer Tech Investing
2021 - 2022
Supported consumer internet and software investments and diligence across prosumer, marketplaces, social, commerce and enablement companies. Internship before and during MBA.
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Chief of Staff
2019 - 2021
Reported to CEO Meg Whitman and led projects across product/engineering, marketing, ad sales and finance.
Management Consultant | Consumer Tech & Media
2016 - 2019
Focus on corporate finance, marketing & sales, and growth strategy for big tech and media clients. Part of the Consumer Tech & Media practice and helped launch McKinsey Global Institute's Future of Work initiative (advising F500 corporations on the impact of automation and AI).
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Product Manager
2014 - 2014
Summer/Fall VC Analyst
2013 - 2014
Early-stage venture capital investors focused on helping our founders build the next generation of B2B market leaders.