Nima Adelkhani
Nima Adelkhani
Nima Adelkhani is Innovation Evangelist at IdeaMarket, a site that allows people with ideas for startups to submit them for potential investment s.
Adelkhani is half German, half Iranian
Education
Adelkhani is a graduate of San Jose State University, Class of 2000, where he majored in International Business
Career
Adelkhani is responsible for building relationships among IdeaMarket’s key constituencies of investors, inventors, corporate innovators, and entrepreneurs.
Adelkhani is the founder of PITME (Progress in Technology Middle East or Peace in the Middle East), an organization devoted to turbo-charging the region’s startup eco-system.
PITME Labs brings select growth stage startups from the region to Silicon Valley for a month-long accelerator program supported by more than 300 top mentors.
He’s also the host of “Technology in a Tent,” a online video interview series that uses storytelling to illustrate startup and business lessons. On the show, he’s hosted more than 125 of the world’s top entrepreneurs and investors, including Steve Blank, Tim Draper, Vivek Wadhwa, and Naval Ravikant.
Previously, Adelkhani has been the head of Business Development at Founder Institute, where he helped launch more than 400 startups in more than 15 cities.