Nikhil Kalghatgi

Head of Investments for S.P. Hinduja Banque Privée, formerly Hinduja Bank, a private swiss bank bridging east and west.

I am interested in private credit, US-based loan-to-own distressed debt opportunities, growth PE deals, SPACs, and emerging asset management strategies.

Previously: Partner at CoVenture
CoVenture invests in high-yield asset-backed credit opportunities, and creates quantitative trading strategies. CoVenture invests in fintech companies, in special situations, and in emerging assets. Founding Partner at CoVenture Crypto, a multi-strategy cryptocurrency asset management firm backed by SBI Holdings, with a quantitative trading fund, smart-beta fund and venture capital investments.

Prior lives:
– Venture Capitalist at Softbank and Vast Ventures
– US Military intelligence
– Founded a hedge fund
– Localytics, mobile app analytics

At SoftBank and Vast Ventures.
At Vast Ventures we invested in Ginkgo Bioworks, Hyperloop, Diamond Foundry, Planetary Resources, Phosphorus, Tala, Eight, Ritual, Inverse, GoodUncle, Astro Digital, Lygos, Troops, Elite Daily (Sold to Daily Mail), Recombine (Acq), Reserve, Siftery, Inverse & Chameleon. SoftBank’s venture portfolio included Moat (Sold to Oracle), BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Acq $689M), Huffington Post (Acq $315M), OMGPOP (Acq $200M), Zynga (IPO), Gilt Groupe (Acq), FitBit (Acq $2.1B), FlightCar, NatureBox, Keychain Logistics, NowThisNews (Acq Group Nine), and Rebel Mouse