Founder and CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures, Nikhil Vora

Nikhil Vora is the Founder and CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures, India’s first domestic consumer venture fund. The startup believes that the next big wave of dysfunctional growth will be led by entrepreneurs with vastly different skill sets and capabilities, rather than capital.

Mr. Vora, a postgraduate in Management, was a participant in the Future Leaders Program at the Sad Business School at the University of Oxford in London. Nikhil was the Managing Director / Head of Research at IDFC Securities prior to joining Sixth Sense Ventures, and is widely regarded as one of the country’s most talented analysts. Sixth Sense has a strong Center of Excellence Board and a formidable founding team. Their core team has over 70 years of combined experience in the consumer domain.

Nikhil has been invited to give a presentation on the potential roadmap for Nestle India by the “Nestle Global Consumer Board” and the “Regional CFO forum.” He has also created strategic roadmaps for Hindustan Unilever, Aditya Birla Group, Marico, Godrej, and other companies. His research has been recognised by some of the world’s largest funds, including Capital, Fidelity, Alliance Bernstein, Putnam, and Schroder’s. Nikhil has consistently been rated as one of the best analytical minds in the country by Asia Money / Institutional Investors.

Nikhil was named India’s Best Analyst in the Asia Money polls in 2012. In the same year, he was also named Asia’s Best Analyst by the Wall Street Journal.

He has been an active angel investor in addition to advising clients. Nikhil was an early investor in a number of companies, including One97 (Paytm), Vini Cosmetics (Fogg), Parag Milk Foods (Go), Kangaroo Kids, BVG, Techfront, Purplle, InCred, Bewakoof, Saucery, ENpower, Pariksha, Expertrons, Lido, and Fintso.