Shobhit Shukla

Shobhit Shukla is Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on people and places, processing data from over 1.6 billion users.

Shobhit currently runs their global business, where he is responsible for executing Near’s vision to become the most accurate and privacy-safe source of intelligence on human mobility.

Prior to Near, Shobhit was the Head of Business Development at InMobi, driving publisher partnerships and alliances across Asia Pacific. He spent a year in Beijing setting up their China operations and scaling that to become their second largest region by revenue within 12 months. He has also worked with Qualcomm Ventures and Morgan Stanley, which gave him a strong foundation in the investment sector.

Shobhit holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and is advising multiple early stage startups across categories such as consumer products, renewables, education and SaaS on their growth strategy. Shobhit believes in work + life and spends his free time cooking, driving or learning to be curious from his one-year-old son.