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Kanishka Thakur

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Co-founder & CEO at Nudge
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Kanishka Thakur is the Co-founder and CEO of Nudge, a platform enabling consumer companies to run product experiments and deliver personalized user experiences. He previously founded the esports fantasy platform Klutchh, scaling it to 100, 000 users. Kanishka holds a Bachelor of Arts from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University.

His journey into entrepreneurship was fueled by a deep passion for gaming, which evolved from playing professionally to becoming a gaming editor and eventually a founder. Kanishka is vocal about his interests in technology, gaming, and the startup ecosystem, often sharing insights on building and scaling ventures from the ground up.

Unique fact: Before launching his tech startups, Kanishka was a professional Counter-Strike player.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Co-founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Product Experimentation
Founded Nudge to help consumer companies run rapid product experiments and deliver personalized user experiences based on real-time interactions.
E-commerce Growth
His commentary focuses on challenges e-commerce teams face with privacy changes and the need for dynamic, personalized customer journeys, especially on product pages.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Co-founder & CEO
Nudge
1-2022 - 2-2023
Co-founder & CEO
Klutchh
10-2020 - 9-2021
Gaming Editor
Gfinity PLC: Esports Solutions
5-2018 - 9-2020
Gaming Editor
TalkEsport
In the press

Media appearances

Community-Driven Growth: Kanishka Thakur's Strategy for Nudge. Featured in Wyt Labs Podcast
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Community-Driven Growth: Kanishka Thakur's Strategy for Nudge. Featured in YouTube
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Education
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Indraprastha International School
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Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University
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