Executive Director, NuFund Venture Group
Ashok Kamal is an Executive Director & Co-Fund Manager of NuFund Venture Group, a San Diego-based early-stage investment fund created by, and formerly known as, Tech Coast Angels – San Diego. NuFund is one of the largest, most active and most successful early-stage investor groups over the past 20+ years. They invest primarily in tech and life sciences.
As a social entrepreneur, Ashok is driven to attack our biggest global challenges, such as education, environmental degradation and health & wellness. He values creativity, tenacity and resourcefulness and wants to connect with people who have a vision for a better world, and share his mission for being part of the solution and making things happen.
Ashok has diverse experience starting, leading and investing in organizations in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. His entrepreneurial path includes bootstrapping to profitability, winning award money in the world’s most prestigious business plan competition and raising money from an accelerator and venture capitalists, and angel investing in technology startups. As a speaker and presenter, Ashok is grateful to have been given the opportunity to share at various events, including South By Southwest, Sustainable Brands, GreenBiz Forum, LAUNCH Festival, Gamification Summit and the White House’s GreenGov Symposium. In addition, he’s contributed numerous articles and interviews to technology and business websites such as VentureBeat, Forbes and Fast Company.
