Nikunj Kothari
Nikunj Kothari is a Partner at FPV Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with approximately $1 billion in assets under management, where he invests in seed and Series A stage startups. He previously spent a decade as a product and growth operator at companies including LinkedIn, Opendoor, and Meter, and briefly served as a partner at Khosla Ventures before joining FPV in 2025. He is known for his founder-first investment approach and his writing on venture capital strategy, startup growth, and topics such as benevolent dictatorships and AI's impact on SaaS pricing.
“Nikunj Kothari credited the author with being early to the concept of 'legibility to capital.'”
Source→“No revenue figure guarantees a Series A anymore... the real test is whether the opportunity looks obvious, and justifying its size to investors is already a bad sign.”
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