Nikki Varanasi is a San Francisco based fintech founder, with a background in finance and investments and experience from prominent firms like JP Morgan as VP of fintech partnerships, KKR on the investments team, and McKinsey & Co.’s hedge fund, MIO Partners, that manages a portfolio spanning over $20 Billion AUM which is directly invested in other hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital firms. Nikki held a role as fund owner of an investment vehicle worth over $900 million.

Nikki pursued a path to build her own fintech company - Parrot, and raised a seed funding round of $2.5 million from notable investors such as Techstars, Western Union, Harlem Capital, Lightspeed, Plug and Play, and Hustle Fund, Litquidity, and many more.

Currently, Nikki is the CEO and Founder of Parrot