Partner at Novastar Ventures · Joined 2014
View Live Interactive Profile →Niraj Varia spent eight years at Novastar Ventures, the venture firm with hubs in Nairobi, Lagos and London, joining at inception and rising through the ranks to become a partner. He met the iProcure team while at Novastar and sat on the company's board for five years before taking over as its chief executive in August 2022. He said at the time that Komaza, Turaco and Sanergy had asked him to continue supporting them after he left the firm. Before venture capital he worked briefly as an actuary and spent four years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.