# Hari Nair

> Hari Nair is a seed investor at Sime Darby (Cambridge) backing Finance and Consumer. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sime Darby](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sime-darby)
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2010
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harianair

Hari Nair is a seed investor at Sime Darby in Cambridge focused on Finance and Consumer. Hari is the Group Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer for Sime Darby Berhard. Prior to joining Sime Darby, Hari served as the Global Managing Director for Kimberly Clark’s Global Innovation Center (GIC) based in Seoul, South Korea. In this role, Hari had all site-wide responsibilities for the GIC, including the leadership of several globalprograms. During his tenure, Hari established a multidisciplinary global innovation center that is helping in fueling KC’s innovation pipeline. From 2006-2012, Hari was Partner and VP at Innosight, the leading authority on disruptive innovation, collaborating with companies to devise growth strategies, building innovation capabilities, and creating products and services that improve people’s lives. Hari is a thought leader and expert in applying various innovation and new business models in emerging markets having advised several Fortune 500 companies. Hari began his career with Procter & Gamble, where he spent 14 years, serving various senior leadership roles in US and China. Hari is Chairman Emeritus of the Edison Awards and serves on several boards including, the Chairman of the Global Procter & Gamble Alumni Foundation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer | 1 | 100% |
| Laundry and Dry-cleaning | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Village Laundry Service | VLS and the Chamak Brand was founded in 2008 by Innosight Ventures, a unique venture capital firm that leverages the concepts of disruptive innovation and the unique experiences of their management team to identify, incubate and fund transformational companies. Their senior management team, including Hari Nair and Akshay Mehra, cumulatively have 24years of experience in the FMCG sector and bring their years of knowledge and expertise to VLS to achieve its goal of providing meaningful value to customers and making social impact. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2010 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Sime Darby

VC Fund · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sime Darby organizes business types into five segments on business types include motors, industrial, logistics, and healthcare. Their industrial segment sells, rents, and provides equipment and engineering services. The Motors segment contributes to revenue by assembling, selling, and renting out vehicles and providing after-sales services.

4 contacts available at Sime Darby.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Datuk Tong Poh Keow | Group Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/datuk-tong-poh-keow |
| Hari Nair | Group Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hari-nair |
| Jeffri Salim Davidson | Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffri-salim-davidson |
| Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Bakke Salleh | President & Group Chief Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tan-sri-dato-seri-mohd-bakke-salleh |

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## FAQ

### What does Hari Nair invest in?

Hari Nair invests primarily in Finance, Consumer and Laundry and Dry-cleaning startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hari Nair last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hari Nair closed in Jan 2010. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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