Nida Ansari, Hardtech Indiana & Karmic Partners

Founder and CEO of Karmic Partners, a venture consulting firm in Indianapolis. Nida helps early stage founders connect with resources they need through services like pitch coaching, helping with fundraises, pilot designs, strategy development, board membership and making ecosystem connections. She has worked in corporate innovation and strategy, managed product supply chain globally, and led teams of engineers and commercialization managers to take products from concept to commercialization. Most recently, she has also served as an investor in hardtech and cleantech and launched a corporate hardtech accelerator.