Nilesh Bansal
Angel Investor
Toronto, Canada
Nilesh Bansal is a seed investor in Toronto focused on SaaS and Big Data. Nilesh is co-founder and CTO of Aislelabs and he leads the product development and engineering. Before Aislelabs, Nilesh co-founded Sysomos in 2007. Sysomos went on to become the most advanced social media analytics platform of its kind, serving 70% of the Fortune 50 enterprises, and was later acquired in 2010. Nilesh is also an angel investor and advisor to a number of startups and incubators including Extreme Startups, MaRS Jolt, Bionym, and Granify. Nilesh has significant experience in building robust and scalable software systems, data management platforms and big data analytics solutions. Nilesh's work has appeared in leading research forums worldwide. Nilesh holds a PhD, Computer Science from the University of Toronto, and a B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Nilesh Bansal invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.4M–$1.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (50%)
- Big Data 1 (50%)
- Hardware 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Analytics 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Granify is an Edmonton-based company backed by several of the strongest venture capital firms in Canada and the US. They are at the intersection of artificial intelligence and e-commerce, providing a SaaS solution that enables online retailers to maximize their sales by using cutting edge big data and machine learning technologies. They are a smallbut growing team of eager entrepreneurial individuals that enjoy working in a fun, creative, and agile environment. | $1.5M / Seed / Nov 06, 2013 | ||
| Nymi is leading the way towards true digital transformation by creating Workplace Wearables that integrate humans with their digital network in a manner that is safe, secure, and simple. Our leading-edge connected worker platform delivers humancentric applications for worker health and safety, enterprise security, data integrity, compliance, andincreased productivity--even in the most challenging environments.We're also a great place to work. Nymi is a winner of the Best Workplaces in Canada 2019 - Less Than 100 Employees. | $1.4M / Seed / Aug 01, 2013 |
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What does Nilesh Bansal invest in?
Nilesh Bansal invests primarily in SaaS, Big Data and Hardware startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Nilesh Bansal invest in?
Nilesh Bansal typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$1.5M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nilesh Bansal's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nilesh Bansal took part in.
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When did Nilesh Bansal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nilesh Bansal closed in Nov 2013. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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