Rohan Nair

Hi, I'm Rohan

I've spent over 16 years in the Toronto technology and startup ecosystem, building and founding multiple startups.

Currently, I help investors and business owners cut through the AI hype to build products that actually work. I also selectively invest in and advise early-stage software companies.

Current Work

  • Fractional CTO — Bringing professional engineering practices to growing startups without killing their momentum.
  • Software Architecture — Designing scalable, data-heavy systems that survive contact with the real world.
  • Advisory Services — Helping founders avoid the expensive technical mistakes I've seen dozens of times before.

Technical Sweet Spot

I'm drawn to complex data engineering challenges and UI-heavy projects where user experience is the differentiator.

My best work involves using LLMs to tame massive amounts of unstructured data into succinct, meaningful interfaces that make complex systems feel simple.

I have a soft spot for FinTech, Healthcare, and Commerce, which is where I've spent most of my career.

Focus & Thesis

I invest in and advise DeepTech and HardTech startups, because I prefer engineering challenges over marketing ones. I also help companies build LLM architectures that move beyond "cool demo" to reliable production systems.

I'm a public market investor in semiconductor companies — which really just means a lot of my emotions are based on Nvidia's earnings.