Nida Ansari
CEO, and founding member
karmic partners, and Hardtech Indiana
City:
Indianapolis
State:
Indiana
Skillsets:
Partnerships, Product management, Customer discovery, Product discovery
Industries:
Construction, Consumer tech, Industrials, Agnostic
Nida is CEO of karmic partners, a consultancy that works with innovation districts, startups, and corporate innovation groups. Karmic hopes to help with ecosystem building in the midwest by helping to connect these groups to the resources they need.
Most recently, she's worked in venture capital and set up an early-stage hardtech accelerator. Prior, Nida has also worked in strategy and innovation for companies like Georgia Pacific and Westrock. Her work has included managing P&L of product lines globally, leading engineering and operations teams to launch products for large multinationals, some of which are in upwards of 50+ countries.
Nida serves on multiple nonprofit boards including Pack Away Hunger and Immigrant Welcome Center (Treasurer). She also mentors for Techstars and Gener8tor, and is on the Technical Advisory Committee for NextCycle.