Early Stage Venture Capital
Delhi Area, India
- Current
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- Advisor at Indian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
- Member, Board of Directors at CubicleOne Inc.
- Member, Board of Directors at Innoz Technologies
- Member, Board of Directors at Green Venture Camp
- Member, Board of Directors at WeboWord
- Mentor at National Entrepreneurship Network
- Partner at Opdrage Venture Partners
- Past
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- Corporate Strategy & Development at Satellier Inc
- Consultant at Gartner Inc
- Founding Team Member at IMI Consulting
- Co - Founder at Navigator Media Intelligence
- Education
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- University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
- University of Durham
- Indian Military Accademy
- University of Kerala
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Kris Nair’s Summary
Kris Nair is a Partner at Opdrage Venture Partners, a New Delhi based Mentor Capitalist firm comprised of progressive minded investors, business service providers, marketing gurus, and seasoned business executives.
He's an Advisor to the Indian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and a business mentor at National Entrepreneurship Network.
He's an angel investor and assists or serves on the boards of a number of early stage companies including DP, A2W, Highlander, Pictualize, Cubicleone Inc. and Green Venture Camp.
Before conceptualizing Opdrage, Mr. Nair was heading the Corporate Strategy and Development at Satellier Inc. where he helped ENR Top 500 Engineering Companies in engineering work share advisory and transition strategy. He was the part of & worked with the founding team and the investors in creating and executing firm strategy and managing a P&L more than USD 10 million. Passionate about sales and marketing, he worked with the leadership team in expanding the business beyond United States; to Europe, Middle East and Australia. He was instrumental in Satellier's business development strategy and global market entry & pricing strategy. He drafted firm's India strategy to focus on taping India's construction market. He worked on diversified programs including market innovation, program management, product management, sales and M&A.
Earlier, he spend many years as a market analyst and management consultant and counseled CEOs and Boards of leading global companies in outsourcing, software, and technology sectors on broad-ranging business issues including corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and business turnaround.
Previously, Kris Nair Co-Founded two companies & exited both the companies with 150X returns.
The main goal, he says, is to help institutionalize how-to knowledge of entrepreneurialism that he and others have accumulated the hard way.
Kris Nair’s Specialties:
Early stage venture capital, seed capital, angel investing, sales, business development, mentoring, entrepreneurship, social media
Kris Nair’s Experience
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Advisor
Indian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
(Non-Profit; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Indian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (IVCA) is a member based national organization that represents venture capital and private equity firms, promotes the industry within India and throughout the world and encourages investment in high growth companies.
If you are a VC/PE Fund focusing India and other emerging markets, we are excited about starting a conversation with you. -
Member, Board of Directors
CubicleOne Inc.
(Construction industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
CubicleOne Inc. is a construction technology company.
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Member, Board of Directors
Innoz Technologies
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
People behind SMSGyan.com and many more
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Member, Board of Directors
Green Venture Camp
(Privately Held; Renewables & Environment industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Green Venture Camp is the platform to promote emerging cleantech companies in India.
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Member, Board of Directors
WeboWord
(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
E-Learning / Visual Vocabulary
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Mentor
National Entrepreneurship Network
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
The National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), founded in 2002, is a not-for-profit initiative of the Wadhwani Foundation, working to inspire, educate and support the next generation of high-growth entrepreneurs in India.
NEN was co-founded by five of India's premier academic institutions: IIT Bombay; IIM Ahmedabad; SP Jain Institute, Bombay; IBAB, Bangalore and BITS Pilani. Over the past three years, NEN's focus on introducing a new paradigm in entrepreneurship education in India -- and its innovative method of doing so -- has made it its leading catalyst on campuses across India.
NEN's ultimate goal is to help launch thousands of new entrepreneurs, who in turn will create hundreds of thousands of much-needed valuable jobs for India. -
Partner
Opdrage Venture Partners
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Opdrage Venture Partners, as the name suggests, exists to help spot and nurture entrepreneurs with the potential to disrupt markets and business models, usually through technology and innovative sales strategy.
Opdrage works with early stage ventures and companies in transition, including those looking at funding options. It provides strategic inputs to key management teams in scale-up and rapid growth stage. We at Opdrage Venture Partners draws its inspiration from the true venture capital (VC) model, where venture capitalists spend significant time with their portfolio companies, working closely with the entrepreneurs to create significant value.
For the most promising businesses, we actively seek funding with them, using our global network of investors and partners.
Email: kris at Opdrage dot com -
Corporate Strategy & Development
Satellier Inc
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
December 2005 — 2008 (3 years)
Satellier is a leading workshare solutions provider to the global AEC industry. We provide value-added design support solutions evolving from outsourcing of computer aided design (CAD) documentation, 3D modeling and Building Information Modeling (BIM) services to architectural, engineering, and construction firms. Established in the year 2000, Satellier has partnered with leading firms the world over to complete over 2000 projects in more than 50 countries. Our clients already include 18 out of top 30 architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms worldwide.
| Engineering Service Outsourcing | Technology | Workshare Partners |
Corporate Strategy and New Business Initiatives ( Co-Founded seven strategic business units)
Head - Business Intelligence and Strategy Group
Feasibility Studies, Consulting, Strategy, M&A, Client Relationship Management, Market Innovation, Market Development / Business Development, Operation, Strategic Marketing & Branding. -
Consultant
Gartner Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IT; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 3 months)
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company.
From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, we are the indispensable partner to 60,000 clients in 10,000 distinct organizations.
The Consulting segment consists of consulting, measurement engagements, and strategic advisory services, which provide assessments of cost, performance, efficiency, and quality focused on the IT industry.
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Founding Team Member
IMI Consulting
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 7 months)
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Co - Founder
Navigator Media Intelligence
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
April 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 10 months)
Navigator is a technology an science magazine for school and college students.
Exited throuh strategic sales.
Kris Nair’s Education
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University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
MDP 2007 — 2007
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University of Durham
MBA , Strategy & Management , 2003 — 2004
- Activities and Societies:
- Gold Medalist
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Indian Military Accademy
2003 — 2003
Dropped out.
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University of Kerala
BS , Applied Physics , 2000 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Co-founder Tech Magazine, NCC C Certificate - A Grade, National champ - Rifle Shooting
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Kris Nair’s Interests:
Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, technology, Future of web, marketing and branding, adventure sports
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Youth Venture - Dream it. Do it. -
New Ventures India
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