Naveen Jain

Naveen founded Sparkart, his digital agency when he was 19. He got involved in the entertainment industry by cold calling Linkin Park prior to the release of their best-selling album Hybrid Theory. Naveen and the Sparkart team went on to run online marketing efforts for Linkin Park from albums Hybrid Theory (2000) through Minutes to Midnight (2007), and then did the same for The Killers, Bon Jovi, Slipknot, Tim McGraw, Lil Wayne, and dozens more. Angel investor with 30+ investments including Flexport, L, Bellabeat, Squire, Verge Genomics, and FightCamp, Y Combinator alumnus (Winter 2014), deep experience in both ticketing (over $50 million of tickets sold) and blockchains (early Monero miner and co-founder of Project Coral Reef).



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