Navid Nathoo

Co-Founder

Dubai, United Arab Emirates15 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

Co-founded innovative education systems.
Led global programs for young innovators.
Expert in startup acceleration and corporate innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Education Technology and Startup Acceleration.

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Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementEducationInnovationEducation TechnologyAiStartup AccelerationSaasManagement ConsultingBusiness DevelopmentInvestment AnalysisMicrofinance

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Start-upsStrategic PartnershipsProgram DevelopmentProgram ManagementAdvisoryDeep LearningCorporate InnovationEnterprise SolutionsStrategic PlanningLead GenerationFinancial ManagementInternational AnalysisMergers & AcquisitionsAnalysisFinancial Analysis

About

Pls include a note if you add me on LinkedIn. I don't think we have an education system. The current system is a time-based filter system. We progress through by waiting a year and not failing. While in the system, we are constantly tested and evaluated - get a 70% or 95%, still advance without feedback or iteration. The world needs an education system that is optimized for the individual, not a filter system that is optimized for the institution. Life philosophy: Do things that matter. For me, this means spending my time on things that positively impact people at scale. I focus my time and attention on 2 areas: reduction of unnecessary suffering and creation of new knowledge (innovations, technologies, sciences, discoveries). Education is at the intersection.

Experience

15 yrs 3 mos

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Current Experience

Zero

Co-Founder

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos

For decades we've been asking for a better education system. We never got one.
Instead what we got was more expensive degrees, longer time in school, and shitty AI tutors.
We should be spending less time in school and coming out more job-ready. Instead we're going in the wrong direction. The university degree costs more, takes longer, and prepares you less for the actual job market, especially in a world that's changing as fast as this one.
Zero is the alternative. We're building a new education system from the ground up, designed to actually get people job-ready and help them excel in their careers in an AI-native world.
The beta is now open. If you're in university or recently graduated and looking for a job, sign up: www.zero.university

Start-upsEntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementStrategic Partnerships

Xprize

Advisory Board

Jun 2023 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs

Focused on the future of learning through XPRIZE Connect.

AdvisoryEducation Technology

The knowledge society (tks)

Co-Founder

May 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 1 mo · Canada

TKS is a global innovation program for the next generation of activators, scientists, and inventors. Our mission is to train unicorn people to impact billions. We’re not just an education company; we’re an accelerator to inspire young, ambitious minds to change the world. With students and alumni from over 500 cities, TKS is poised for impactful growth. We’re expanding our in-person programs, launching in new cities, and recruiting top talent worldwide for our virtual programs.
Our alumni have started venture-backed companies, performed cutting-edge research, presented at the world's largest conferences, and are creating solutions to tackle important problems like maternal mortality, cancer, and energy access.
For more information, visit: www.tks.world

Start-upsEntrepreneurshipInnovationManagement Consulting

Box

Product Lead, Deep Learning and AI

Feb 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mountain View, CA

Joined Box through the acquisition of Airpost.
Worked on a variety of products and technology, including Machine Learning, AI, Security, and Big Data.

Product ManagementDeep LearningAI

Alchemist accelerator

Director, Alchemist X

Dec 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco, CA

Alchemist X provides a unique corporate innovation model to facilitate in identifying, building, and executing disruptive businesses.
Alchemist Accelerator is the top enterprise-only startup accelerator in the world, with alumni in areas including: Security, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Healthcare, FinServ, and SaaS. Alchemist’s successful track record has made it a global destination for world-class enterprise startups, as well as top VCs, corporate partners, and startup advisors.
As a global innovation hub for startups, Alchemist has developed a highly effective model to catalyze, grow, and fund, enterprise companies.

Startup AccelerationCorporate Innovation

Techstars

Alumni (Airpost)

Mar 2013 – Jul 2013 · 4 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Airpost (acquired by box)

Founder & CEO

Dec 2012 – Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Backed by: Microsoft, TechStars & Alchemist Accelerator.
For IT Managers and CIOs to adapt to emerging trends in Enterprise SaaS, use Airpost to Find, Monitor and Control SaaS Applications.
Employees are using SaaS applications at work. Surprised? Hope not. These applications include Dropbox, Salesforce, Evernote and so many more. Instead of blocking them, IT Managers can use Airpost to gain visibility into these applications and control how they are being used.

SaaSEnterprise Solutions

Aga khan development network

Management Consultant

Dec 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 mo · Tajikistan

Led and developed strategic plans for the expansion of Early Childhood Development (EDC) Centers throughout rural Tajikistan, including Badakhshan and the Pamirs, which enabled pre-primary education for 90% of the Tajik population with a cost efficient model to support long-term sustainment.

Management ConsultingStrategic Planning

Liveadvisors

Founder & CEO

Sep 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

LiveAdvisors is a business development platform for professional service providers - such as lawyers, accountants and consultants - focusing on lead generation and relationship management.
Eventually, it turned into a solution for legal and accounting firms to increase the effectiveness of their website and generate warm leads into their company by leveraging existing networks and relationships through social network channels.

Business DevelopmentLead Generation

Cpp investment board

Investment Analyst

Apr 2011 – Sep 2011 · 5 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

CPPIB is headquartered in Toronto with offices in London and Hong Kong. The company invests in public equities, private equities, bonds, real estate, infrastructure and other areas. The Fund’s current assets total over $590 billion, ranking us among the 10 largest retirement funds in the world. CPPIB's assets are projected to reach more than $1 trillion by 2050

Investment AnalysisFinancial Management

Grameen financial services pvt. ltd.

International Analyst

May 2010 – Aug 2010 · 3 mos · Dhaka, Bangaladesh

Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral.
As of October, 2011, it had 8.349 million borrowers, 97 percent of whom are women. With 2,565 branches, GB provides services in 81,379 villages, covering more than 97 percent of the total villages in Bangladesh.

International AnalysisMicrofinance