Nihal Mehta
HQ Location: USA
RANK #90
Nihal Mehta is an entrepreneur, investor, professor and philanthropist. He was lucky to discover his passion over fifteen years ago- in mobile technology- which drove him to co-found five startups (philly2nite, urbangroove, ipsh!, buzz, localresponse/qualia) and two investment funds (Eniac Ventures, India Internet Fund) with over 100 mobile-first investments including Admob (sold to Google), AirBnB, HotelTonight, SwiftKey. Tapad, and Uber. Nihal co-founded the charity "Proiect Ahimsa" to provide music education to disadvantaged youth, is part of the brain trust of "Girls Who Code," working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors, and often lectures on mobile & entrepreneurship across the globe. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science
Numbers of Unicorns
5
2956
Rank (Xs)
#90
Investments
84
Exits
64
Numbers of Unicorns
5
2956
Rank (Xs)
#90
Investments
84
Exits
64
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