The challenge is not migration. It is making migration sustainable. Nia exists to improve what survives after a worker leaves home.
India has become exceptionally good at moving goods, capital and information. People remain the hardest thing to move. Millions leave home each year for work, and most of what they hoped to gain disappears after they arrive: rent, brokers, unsafe rooms, lost wages. Migration succeeds only when savings survive the corridor. Nia exists to improve what survives.
Founded in Bangalore. First 50 Nests. One question: what if a migrant worker had everything they needed in one place?
The model proven across four industrial corridors. Elevar Equity leads the seed round.
10,000 workers supported across four corridors. No longer an idea. It is infrastructure.
EBITDA break-even reached. On the path to one million workers by 2031.
Built to increase what a worker keeps after they leave home. A place where life costs less and progress costs nothing. We do not profit when workers move. We earn when they stay, save and rise.
Built his first company selling FMCG distribution technology to kirana stores across India, after more than a decade at Unilever learning how markets work from the inside out. In every industry, the same gap: the people doing the work had no system built around their lives. Nia is his answer.
Twenty-one years commanding officers in some of the Indian Army's most demanding operational environments, then eight years applying those instincts to supply chains, logistics and large-scale operations. He runs systems that hold under pressure.
IIM Indore, then built businesses at scale at OYO and Sunstone. Leads Nia's commercial engine: enterprise partnerships, corridor expansion and the relationships that turn the platform into scale.
SIBM Pune, then over a decade in sales and go-to-market across Philip Morris International, Marico and the Taj Group. Leads Nia's go-to-market and marketing strategy.
A chartered accountant with an ACCA IFRS diploma, after finance and controllership roles across dentsu, IBM and JPD Data Science. Runs Nia's finance and controls.
McKinsey, then advanced analytics leadership at Tesco, Dell and Wells Fargo. St. Stephen's and IIM Calcutta.
Over a decade at Elevar, backing businesses where commercial returns and deep impact reinforce each other.
Three decades building brands at the intersection of identity, digital and consumer behaviour.
Whether you employ workers, own property in an industrial corridor, or want to join the team, there is a place for you in this.