Mrinay Nair

Mrinay Nair is a Principal at Portage Ventures based in Canada, where he specializes in executing early-stage financial technology investments and acting as a startup advisor. Operating within the broader alternative asset management firm Sagard, he helps direct a global investment platform that oversees approximately $5.7 billion in total assets under management. In this capacity, Nair collaborates alongside industry figures such as Adam Felesky, Paul Desmarais III, and Stephanie Choo to support an international portfolio of over 115 companies spanning 13 countries. His primary investment scope encompasses a broad range of specialized sub-sectors, including wealth and asset management, insurance, consumer finance, small business finance, wealthtech, and core payments infrastructure. Nair maintains a current focus on identifying promising early-stage fintech enterprises and providing strategic guidance to founders building the next generation of financial technology solutions.