Apeksha Nair

Apeksha Nair is a Capital Advisor at Pioneer Fund, a position held since 2024, working with a fund of over 400 Y Combinator alumni to invest in top companies from Y Combinator. Prior to this, Apeksha served in Investor Relations and Fundraising at LetsVenture from December 2020 to February 2023, where responsibilities included fundraising for startups and micro funds and managing relationships with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors. Apeksha's career began at Reuters, where a role as Correspondent for Commodities and Energy involved reporting on commodities and energy markets in the US and Asia, as well as power and gas markets in EMEA, from June 2015 to August 2018. Apeksha holds a Master's degree in International Relations from Freie Universität Berlin (2018-2019) and a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, specializing in Finance and Accounting, from Mount Carmel College (2012-2015).