Mitali Purohit

Mitali Purohit currently serves as a General Partner at Nuance Connected Capital, a $57M deep tech fund focused on supporting New Zealand startups. Additionally, Mitali holds the position of Investor Director at Zenno Astronautics and has been involved as an Investor Board Observer with several companies, including Wellumio, Hectre, and NanoLayr. Mitali is an Executive Committee Member of the Angel Association New Zealand and a Board Member of Tread Lightly Charitable Trust. Previously, Mitali contributed to the establishment of the $70M RNA Development Platform at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and managed the $160M Technology Incubator Programme at Callaghan Innovation. Mitali has also played a significant role in empowering female founders as the ArcAngels Manager at ArcAngels NZ. Mitali's academic background includes education from The University of Auckland.