Naaz Naaz Akhtar

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Principal at Teak Ventures · AI applications · applied ML, venture capital

Teak Ventures
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
6+ years experience
IIT Kharagpur
English, Hindi, Kannada
Investing
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Overview

I invest in AI applications at Teak Ventures, usually at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 37 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later. Previously at Deloitte. Collector of fountain pens.

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  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on applied ML
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Skills
applied MLproductventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
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Writing $50k cheques into seed AI applications in the US

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
AI applications, B2B SaaS
Geographies
LatAm
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Happy to follow a strong lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Mar 2023 - Present
    Teak Ventures · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
    • Sit on 5 boards.
  2. Enterprise Account Executive
    Dec 2020 - Mar 2023
    Deloitte · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Signed 30 channel partners that now source 41% of pipeline.

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Education

  1. IIT Kharagpur
    B.Tech, Engineering
    2015 - 2019

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