Samit Deb

Active Investor

Co-Founder & Chief of People Success at Navikenz

New Delhi, Delhi

Samit Deb, Co-Founder & Chief of People Success at Navikenz is an active investor based in New Delhi, Delhi. This profile covers what Samit Deb backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Samit Deb is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief of People Success at Navikenz. He served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Bharti Airtel. Prior to Navikenz, he was the CHRO for Bharti Airtel, where he worked with the CEO and the Airtel management board in pivoting airtel to a digital telco. Post a 3 years stint in sales and marketing with HCL Ltd and Godrej & Boyce, he spent 15 years with Infosys. Having joined Infosys in its early phase, he was involved in building the foundations of many best-in-class HR practices, unique culture, and a strong employer brand of Infosys, alongside the founders and executive leadership. He holds a master's degree in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand (India).

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Artificial IntelligenceHealthcare & BiotechBiotech & PharmaSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CManufacturing & Industrial
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 1

Notable investments

Navikenz

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