Nishant Gupta

Enigma
DISC Type : idc

Angel Investor at Investor

Austin, Texas, United States

Overview

Nishant is the Head of Engineering for Onchain Financial Products at Coinbase, bringing 14 years of experience in fintech and crypto. He specializes in building high-performing teams and scaling complex products like staking and digital asset payouts. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Outside of his core role, Nishant is an active angel investor, personally backing early-stage founders who are building in the fintech, onchain, and health-tech sectors. He is passionate about connecting with and supporting new builders and operators in these spaces.

Unique fact: Nishant has received an award for Outstanding Choreography.

Personality Overview

Challenger

Friendly Yet Blunt

Hard To Convince

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Topics They Care About

Onchain Financial Products
As the Head of Onchain Financial Products, he leads engineering for Coinbase's retail DeFi, lending, and smart contract wallet offerings.
Scaling Infrastructure
He authored a blog post on rebuilding Coinbase's payout systems to process over 1 billion transactions a year, showcasing his focus on high-throughput architecture.
DeFi Adoption
His public posts celebrate making DeFi lending accessible to a general audience and simplifying onchain products for everyday users.

Media Appearances

Nishant has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Angel Investor at Investor
2-2024
Head of Engineering, Onchain Financial Products at Coinbase
10-2021 - 2-2024
Engineering Manager at Coinbase
2-2019 - 10-2021
Head of Strategic Architecture( Sr Engineering Manager) at Rocket
6-2016 - 2-2019
Engineering Manager at Rocket

Education

8-2007 - 8-2008
Assistantship from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
2004 - 2007
B.Tech from The L N Mittal Institute of Information and Technology

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Insights For Selling To Nishant

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Let them lead the discussion, create opportunities for them to speak if they are not very forthcoming
  • Help them realize that any personal risk in making this decision is far less compared to what the results could mean for them

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Avoid long presentations and just 'high-level' value proposition, dive into the details
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nishant is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nishant

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nishant move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Nishant take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

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