Deep Nishar

Deep Nishar is a seasoned investment professional currently serving as Managing Director and Member of the Management Committee at General Catalyst, focusing on fostering significant change through long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs. Previously, Deep held the position of Senior Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, overseeing global investments in software, frontier tech, and healthcare, leading numerous successful IPOs and M&A transactions. Additionally, Deep contributed to academia as a University Lecturer at Stanford University and served on the Board of Trustees at Castilleja School. Deep's extensive experience includes a notable tenure as Senior Vice President at LinkedIn, where membership and revenue surged under leadership, and as Senior Director of Products for Google in the Asia-Pacific region, pioneering global mobile initiatives. Deep Nishar earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.