About

Nishit Kagalwala is an experienced startup builder with over 7 years of expertise in growth, data analytics, and product development. He has a proven track record of scaling companies from scratch to early millions of monthly active users, ensuring user retention, and reducing the CAC month on month. As the Head of Growth at apna, Nishit has setup Apna's first growth team, focused on product-led growth, SEO, and performance marketing. He managed multiple roles to lead Apna to 1 million DAUs and become a category leader. He was also part of the core corporate development team, built the MIS and Dashboards that were accessed by the executive team, board as well as future investors. Apna is India's 28th in 2021, 65th overall, and the fastest-ever unicorn. Nishit's product and analytics experience includes developing MVPs and prototypes for previous companies. He initiated new side products and experiments based on data and patterns observed that later became a part of the main product. He also led product changes based on studying the data and patterns by slicing and dicing as well as by speaking to actual customers who use the data. Nishit's operations experience includes expansion, scaling, and revenue strategies. He collated market intelligence on competition and other market trends to realign business and led the growth during covid from 100k users to 15 million users & over 1 lakh employers. Nishit holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans and completed his High School from Vidhyanidhi Jr College of Science. He is skilled in product management, growth, data analysis, marketing strategy, product marketing, and new initiatives in the product. Overall, Nishit is a highly skilled and experienced startup builder with a passion for building successful companies from scratch. His expertise in growth, data analytics, and product development makes him a valuable asset to any early-stage startup.