Nitin Chawla

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Principal at Saltwater Growth · Consumer · brands, marketplaces

Saltwater Growth
Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
9+ years experience
Delhi Technological University
English, Hindi, Tamil
Investing
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Overview

9 years around startups; now investing in consumer. Led or co-led 40 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later. Backed 33 founders at pre-seed and seed.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in consumer
  • Questions about consumer
  • Second opinions on marketplaces decisions
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Decks without a clear ask

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Skills
brandsventure capitalmarketplaces
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $50k cheques into Series A consumer in India and SEA

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Consumer
Geographies
India
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Usually the first cheque in. Decisions within 1 weeks.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Feb 2026 - Present
    Saltwater Growth · 8 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Backed 20 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
  2. Partnerships Manager
    Jul 2024 - Feb 2026
    Mphasis · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Shortened the partnerships sales cycle from 8 months to 6.
  3. Account Executive
    Jan 2022 - Jul 2024
    InMobi · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Shortened the enterprise sales cycle from 9 months to 4.
    • Closed 259% of quota two years running.
  4. Senior Account Executive
    Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
    Infosys · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Built the channel team from 5 to 32 reps.
  5. Senior Account Executive
    Oct 2017 - Sep 2019
    Amazon · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Opened 8 new logos over $4 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. Delhi Technological University
    B.Tech, Economics
    2013 - 2017

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