Ivan Nikkhoo
Managing Partner @ Navigate Ventures
Los Angeles, United States
Ivan Nikkhoo is a seed investor at Navigate Ventures in Los Angeles. With over 40 years of C-level global experience in the tech sector, Ivan is a seasoned and experienced investor, entrepreneur, investor, advisor, board member, operator, and educator focused on helping teams prepare for rapid growth, scaling, expansion, and liquidation events. He is a forward-thinking executive with significant experience andexpertise in helping tech companies achieve their growth potential by developing, communicating, and implementing winning strategies.Ivan is the Founder and Managing Partner at Navigate Ventures, a B2B Enterprise SaaS early/mid growth stage fund focused on helping entrepreneurs outside Silicon Valley, between series A and the B (Growth) rounds. Navigate Ventures invests in and helps companies prepare for rapid growth, scaling, expansion, and liquidation events. Ivan is also the principal at his family office N3 Capital, supporting the most creative innovators. N3 Capital is a multi-strategy family office focused on long term strategic, responsible, and sustainable direct and indirect investing across asset classes including Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Real Estate, looking to solve the world’s biggest problems.Ivan has deep domain expertise and significant experience in investing tech investing, venture capital, and private equity. He is a member of YPO and CEO organizations, is the Chair of the VC Vertical in YPO globally. He has a strong global network of VC, PEG, Family Office, and CEO relationships and regularly hosts a series of private dinners in several cities around the world to discuss the latest industry and financial trends and developments. Ivan has also been an Adjunct Professor at USC Marshall School of Business and has taught and lectured at universities around the world.Ivan has served on a number of business, corporate, government, and non-profit boards around the world. He has been featured in numerous publications, was a finalist for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and is a frequent speaker at industry and family office conferences, and professional organizations.Mr. Nikkhoo received his MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from McGill University. He has completed executive education programs at HBS and Stanford and is a General Securities Principal licensed with FINRA/SIPC. He has lived on three continents, has traveled extensively throughout the world, speaks three languages, and is experienced in doing business globally.
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| VerbaFlo is the AI communications platform built for residential real estate. Founded in October 2024, the company helps property owners and operators manage leasing, operations, and resident engagement through conversational AI. Real estate is one of the largest industries in the world, yet most owners and operators still handle thousands oftenant and prospect conversations across fragmented channels every single day. VerbaFlo brings all of this into a single intelligent layer that works across chat, WhatsApp, email, and phone, connecting directly with the property management and CRM systems they already use. Purpose-built AI agents support the full resident lifecycle: qualifying leads, scheduling viewings, following up with prospects, managing maintenance requests, and supporting renewals. Today, VerbaFlo powers communication across more than 250,000 residential units in the UK, Europe, and the United States, supports conversations in over 200 languages, and is trusted by more than 40 leading owners and operators across multifamily, student housing, and co-living. The platform is live across 10 countries. | $7M / Seed / Mar 18, 2026 |
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About Navigate Ventures
Navigate Ventures offers a unique, differentiated investment thesis and strategy by offering "A Extension Rounds" for B2B Enterprise SaaS companies outside Silicon Valley during their early growth stages, and help them get to growth rounds. We look for companies that use the latest technologies and AI to solve big problems in traditionalindustries. The partners bring decades of investing, advising, and operating experience in enterprise SaaS and are focused on helping our portfolio companies prepare for rapid growth, scaling, and raising a growth round.
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