Niraj Varia

Partner at Novastar Ventures · Joined 2014

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Biography

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.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

iProcureKomazaTuracoSanergy

Career Timeline

2014
Joined Novastar Ventures at inception, later rising to partner over eight years at the firm.
2022
Left Novastar in August to become CEO of iProcure, the Kenyan agtech company on whose board he had sat for five years.

Sources & References

TechCrunch - Ex-Novastar partner Niraj Varia takes on new challenge as CEO of Kenyan agtech iProcure ↗Novastar Ventures - Team ↗