Nikki Varanasi | Source | CEO & Co-Founder at Staax
Nikki Varanasi
Nikki Varanasi’s is a San Francisco based fintech founder, with a background in finance and investments and experience from prominent private equity firms like KKR as well as the reputable McKinsey & Co.’s hedge fund, MIO Partners, that manages a portfolio spanning over $20 Billion AUM which is directly invested in other hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital firms. Nikki held a role as fund owner of an investment vehicle worth over $800 million and was responsible for all fund-associated reporting and forecasting.
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Staax
CEO & Co-Founder
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Staax thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors
Staax, which pitched at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200, is building Robinhood-meets-Venmo for the social investing generation
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When I looked at my friend group, who was still shy to invest or didn’t know where to start, I saw this huge gap when it came to institutional investing versus everyday people. There were resources on the market, like Robinhood, or whatever it is, but I think at the end of the day, there are still a lot of barrier points for the everyday, beginner investor to get in.
