Nida Ansari

Founder and CEO

2023

Karmic Partners helps founders, innovators, and other players in entrepreneurial ecosystems innovate and scale. We offer fractional CXO services, strategic planning, customer research and development, and innovation team development, ecosystem building and storytelling services.

Founder and Executive Director

2022

We are a 501(c)3 and our mission is to design and accelerate network and ecosystem building in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem while having community impact. • #SafeSpaces - a program to increase vulnerability and best practice exchange in the entrepreneurial community • #WithPurpose - mealpacks for innovation and entrepreneurship events, distributing 80,000+ meals to food insecure Hoosiers. • #impact - Organized and led events, bringing together 500+ people in support of the community.

Founding Member

2022

Hardtech Indiana is a coalition on thought leadership and program development and our goal is to create and elevate the ecosystem of partners and founders to enable hardtech in Indiana. We hope to support entrepreneurs and highlight resources to support company growth, get started, find talent, funding and mentorship and more.

Angel Investor

2022

Chief Innovation Officer

2023 - 2025

Managing innovation, membership experience and programming for the largest innovation district in Indiana. Currently tasked with building a team to develop the Innovation and Entrepreneurship function at the district. Secured 11 additional accelerator cohorts annually and an ARPA-H spoke designation in the first 12 months. Co-led effort for EDA biotech hub grant and received $51MM.

Principal

2023 - 2023

Senior Associate

2021 - 2023

Board Observer

2023 - 2023

Board Observer

2022 - 2023

Board Observer

2022 - 2023

Angel Investor

2022 - 2023

2 investments in Fintech (Africa) and Ecommerce (South Asia)