Rukhsar Nida Ansari

Overview

I invest in healthcare at Driftwood Seed Fund, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 15 founders at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 6 years before investing. Before that: Hindustan Unilever and BrowserStack. Most at home with venture capital and healthtech.

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Experience

1. General Partner

   Nov 2023 - Present
   Driftwood Seed Fund · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
   • Sit on 4 boards.
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
2. Associate Product Manager

   Feb 2022 - Nov 2023
   Hindustan Unilever · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
3. Director of Product

   Aug 2018 - Feb 2022
   BrowserStack · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 17 days to 4.
   • Grew AI products revenue from $5 million to $42 million ARR.
4. Principal Product Manager

   Aug 2015 - Aug 2018
   Nykaa · 3 yr · Full-time · Indore, India
   • Led or co-led 28 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
5. Product Manager

   Aug 2012 - Aug 2015
   Mahindra Group · 3 yr · Full-time · Indore, India
   • Grew lending revenue from $1 million to $30 million ARR.
   • Took lending activation from 34% to 51% in three quarters.

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Education

1. NIT Trichy

   B.Tech, Economics
   2002 - 2006