Nina Achadjian

Nina joined Index in 2017 and invests in seed, venture, and growth-stage investments in AI, enterprise software, and vertical SaaS. She is excited by companies building solutions for the “forgotten” functions and industries and replacing pen and paper or cobbled-together horizontal tools. Nina is inspired by founders who can develop empathy for their customers, have an insatiable curiosity, and always have a growth mindset.

Nina currently serves on the boards or works with companies like SeviceTitan, Gong, Vizcom, Cartesia, Intercom, Persona, Motive, Seso, Motive, and Transcend, among others.

Prior to Index, Nina was an FP&A Lead for Google, where she helped build the GTM infrastructure of the AdSense sales organization. She started her career as a bond trader in New York and London and also started HIVE Ventures, the first seed fund focused on Armenian entrepreneurs.

In 2022, she was featured on the Forbes Midas Brink List, which recognizes up-and-coming leading investors. Nina graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in government and is a recipient of the Michael C. Rockefeller Scholarship. Nina currently lives in San Francisco and enjoys watching football and Formula 1.

Why are you excited about vertical SaaS and technologies for small businesses? 

Nina — Like many immigrants, my parents came to the U.S. with nothing but their education and the spirit of entrepreneurship.  I watched both my parents start businesses that still to this day run on pen, paper and sometimes Excel.  While technology has advanced for large corporations, there are over 30 million small businesses in the U.S. that have been left in the stone age in terms of technology.  Increasingly, these businesses - whether doctors, car mechanics, plumbers, restaurant owners or construction workers - are searching for software built for people like them, by people like them. I believe there is tremendous opportunity to build end-to-end, industry-specific solutions which empower mom and pop shops, the backbone of America.