Nikin Tharan

Co-Founder

United States19 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-founder of multiple startups focused on immigrant talent.
  • Recipient of O-1A visa and EB-1A Green Card.
  • Award-winning innovator in medtech and defense sectors.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare and Tech entrepreneur with a focus on immigrant support.

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About

Nikin is a serial entrepreneur dedicated to unlocking opportunities for immigrant talent. He is the cofounder of Openventure, a concierge helping high-skilled immigrants navigate admissions (Ivy League), housing, jobs, and visas (O1, NIW, EB1A, EB5). Nikin’s immigration journey is deeply personal. A recipient of the O-1A visa (2020) and the EB-1A Green Card (2022), his story of resilience is featured in the Amazon best-seller Unshackled. His passion for innovation began early. At just 9 years old, Nikin worked in a lab affiliated with India’s Border Security Force. By 16, he earned a full scholarship to Northeastern University. After graduating, he helped commercialize advanced radiation detectors at Guardion and became an alumnus of the Techstars–US Air Force Accelerator. He also co-founded Medsix, a medtech startup addressing post-operative recovery after his team won two awards at MIT HackingMedicine. 🚀 Let’s Build Your American Dream Schedule a free consultation - https://calendly.com/nikin-tharan/openventure Registered Representative of Finalis Securities LLC Member FINRA / SIPC.

Experience

19 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Open atlas

CoFounder

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Non-profit community built by and for high-skilled immigrants. Connect with thousands of ambitious peers to get real answers about admissions, jobs, visas, and life in the U.S.
  • Join here - tally.so/r/w8Qd0l

Open venture

CoFounder

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · United States

  • Helping high-skilled immigrants with admissions, housing, jobs, visas, and more.
  • Schedule a free consultation - calendly.com/nikin-tharan/openventure

Stealth

CoFounder

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Mental health startup
  • Backed by NextView, Kindred and PsyMed Ventures

World economic forum

Global Shaper

Apr 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Greater Boston

  • Cambridge hub

Petri

Medsix Team

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 · 11 mos · Greater Boston

  • Bioengineering accelerator

Medsix

CoFounder

Mar 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Greater Boston

  • Medtech startup
  • Novel sensors for wound drainage monitoring
  • Backed by PillarVC (Petri.bio Fund)
  • MassMEDIC IGNITE Program
  • MIT HackingMedicine Winner
  • MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize Finalist

Guardion

Product Developer

Jan 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Boston

  • Deeptech startup
  • Novel radiation detectors
  • Completed NSF, NASA and US Air Force SBIRs

Techstars

Guardion Team

Jan 2018 – Apr 2018 · 3 mos · Greater Boston

  • Defense-tech accelerator

Manulife / john hancock

Visiting Innovation Fellow, Lab of Forward Thinking (LOFT)

Jul 2016 – Dec 2016 · 5 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Portfolio management app for $10B in assets

Northeastern university

Research Assistant / Program Manager, Multiple Labs

Sep 2014 – Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Worked with Dr. Kevin Boudreau @ IoT Open Innovation Lab

Border security force institute of technology (bsfit)

Research Assistant, Alpha Electronics Lab

Apr 2006 – Aug 2014 · 8 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Youngest Research Assistant at India's Department of Defense at 13 y/o
  • Worked in various roles on 12 national-level military and civilian projects
  • Received an Honorable Citation from the President of India

Education

Northeastern University

Bachelor’s Degree — Electrical Engineering

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Summer Dialogue — Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities

Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Summer Dialogue — Climate Adaptation and Policy

Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

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