Nikhil Sachdev

Nikhil Sachdev is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He originally joined the prominent venture capital and private equity firm in February 2020 as a Managing Director, where he directed investments into high-growth software, financial technology, and cryptocurrency companies. During his active investment tenure, he notably led the Series B funding round for the open-source development platform Appsmith and subsequently joined its board of directors in May 2022. Prior to his transition into venture capital, he developed a foundation in institutional finance through specialized private equity and investment banking roles at Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs. Today, his professional background reflects a sustained focus on deploying strategic capital into emerging technology sectors and scaling enterprise software businesses across international markets, including the rapidly expanding Indian startup ecosystem.