Nabyl Charania

Nabyl Charania is Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Rokk3r Labs, the world’s first cobuilding platform to launch exponential companies. He shapes the global vision of the company, and oversees Rokk3r Labs’ international portfolio of 30+ companies collectively valued at over $200M. Nabyl leads the direction of Rokk3r Labs’ six worldwide offices, and inspires the company’s cohesiveness towards its higher, aspirational purpose of harnessing the global collective genius to cobuild companies that change the world. At the helm of Rokk3r Labs, having led it through various successes, Nabyl has been invited to speak at various conferences and in­front of key executive audiences to share his world­changing vision and thought leadership. Here is a glimpse of his appearances in from the past few months: December 2015 ­ Sime MIA (Miami) “Disrupting FinTech by Cobuilding” October 2015 ­ Reinvention (Ecuador) “The new age of building companies” October 2015 ­ Celebrate 2015 (Las Vegas) “Evolution of company building & early­to­late stage funding” August 2015 ­ Thrive with Daymond John (Miami) “Cobuilding Ideas to Change the World” Nabyl has also been featured in publications such as TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal and The Next Web. He has contributed thought leadership such as, “Exponential Organizations are the Future of Global Business and Innovation”, and “The Rise of the Exponential Organization”, in leading publications. Focusing on the last 12 months, Nabyl’s leadership of Rokk3r Labs led to some notable milestones. Rokk3r Labs announced the launch and backing of fund managers at two funds: Cross Valley Capital and Iterative Instinct. Additionally, portfolio companies reached significant milestones. Examples include, Internet of Things startup A dMobilize raising their Series A round of funding, social media geo­fence platform H YP3R’ s acceptance to the Disney Accelerator program (powered by TechStars) , and the launch of season two of C oinspire, a groundbreaking video leadership platform with guests such as Jim McKelvey, Jack Andraka, and Tom Kelley, hosted by VICE contributor and documentary filmmaker Lilia Luciano. Additionally, 2015 saw Nabyl drive the strategic expansion of Rokk3r Labs into EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia) with the opening of its first office in London, UK. In 2015, Nabyl also shared the stage with some of today’s most recognized global innovators and entrepreneurs like Twitter Cofounder & CEO Jack Dorsey, U.S. Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship Daymond John, Founding Executive Director of Singularity University, Salim Ismail, and others, to talk about innovating entrepreneurship for the digital age. Previously, Nabyl was Director of Engineering at Convergys, and Director of Technology at Opence Inc. Nabyl is a Kenyan born, Canadian­raised, European­seasoned, and American­matured founder. He holds a Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo. Nabyl is a distinguished member of the Board of Advisors of the Idea Center @ Miami Dade College. He is a sought after advisor, speaker and a visionary with a recognized history of building successful teams and companies. Nabyl is a father of 2, and loves wearing high top sneakers in his quest to connect and change the world.