Summary
Pratik Poddar is a seasoned venture capitalist and technologist with over a decade in investing and half a decade as a founder and developer. As Partner at Nexus Venture Partners, he collaborates with ambitious entrepreneurs to build large-scale tech businesses across education, content, mobility, fintech, health tech, and e-commerce, leveraging Nexus's India–Silicon Valley platform. He has led and co-led early-stage investments that yielded standout exits, including WhiteHat Jr’s $300M acquisition by Byju’s and Urbanic’s high-multiple exit, reflecting a track record of scaling portfolio companies. Pratik blends deep technical roots from IIT Bombay with hands-on startup experience as founder/CTO of Scatter and CEO of Clipr, enabling him to evaluate product-market fit and execution rigor. Based in Bengaluru, he serves as investor/board observer across a broad portfolio, and he is always open to engaging founders with big ideas.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Hindi, English