Nikhil Nair

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of multiple successful startups.
Achieved 20X sales growth in renewable energy sector.
Expert in building financial products for gig economy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Renewable Energy entrepreneur with extensive experience in sales and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipSalesInternational ExpansionProject Management

Other Skills

Mobile App DevelopmentFinancial ServicesPartnership DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentPayment SolutionsSales StrategyTeam ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementProduct LaunchRenewable EnergySolar Energy

Experience

Zeny - daily savings

Co-founder & CEO

Aug 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building sachet products and services for informal/gig workforce.
First product is the Zeny app, which provides small ticket daily savings product into mutual funds.

ManagementBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipBusiness Development

Ohm mobility (ohm daily)

Co-founder & CEO

Feb 2020 – Jun 2025 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore

Ohm Mobility (later changed to Ohm Daily) ran two businesses during its time between 2020 and 2025:
(1) EV financing platform (both B2B and retail), partnering with leading leasing companies, NBFCs and banks to facilitate financing for EV customers.
(2) Tech product enabling daily payment/collection from mobility/gig workers.

ManagementBusiness StrategySalesEntrepreneurship

M-kopa

4 roles

Director International Expansion

May 2019 – Dec 2019 · 7 mos

M-KOPA is one of Africa most successful startups, and is features on
Fortune's '50 Companies Changing the World'
MIT's '50 smartest companies in the world'
FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Award winners

ManagementBusiness StrategyInternational Expansion

Director- Commercial & Sales

Promoted

Oct 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Responsible for all Sales in East Africa.
Grew M-KOPA's distribution to become one of Africa's largest direct sales network, overseeing over 3,000 agents.
Built a high performing team with strong engagement scores and great culture
Delivered 20X growth in sales of new category of products (Solar TVs), over a 24 month period

SalesManagement

Head- Upgrade Sales

Promoted

May 2016 – Feb 2017 · 9 mos

Designed innovative ways to use the PAYG infrastructure to grow the asset financing business.
Increased customer lifetime value by Upselling/upgrading customers to Solar TVs, smart phones, cookstoves, among other products.
Improved Sales conversions by 3X, by leading a highly engaged team

SalesBusiness Development

Project Manager- Business Development

Sep 2015 – May 2016 · 8 mos

Created and managed business processes for the roll-out of Solar TVs in Kenya.

Project ManagementBusiness Development

Capricorn investment group

Consultant

Jul 2015 – Sep 2015 · 2 mos · Palo Alto, California

Consultant at a VC fund that believes in sustainable investment practices to generate extraordinary returns.
Key projects:
Defining a go-to-market strategy for a late stage startup
Reviewing potential investment opportunities for the VC fund

M-kopa solar

Consultant

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · Nairobi, Kenya

Worked on remodelling the sales program with the Commercial Team.
Created sales training modules and ran training programs for sales agents.
Worked with Tech team on creating a mobile based sales prospecting app. Also laid the framework for future upgrades for this app.