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Nakul Pednekar

Nakul Pednekar

Founder (Wicky) and partner (Algo Talent) — sports analytics & recruitment

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Joined January 2025

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Summary

Product founder focused on sports analytics: Nakul founded Wicky in 2020 and has led its product and community strategy — building AI chatbots, a T20 match simulator, odds-comparison tools, and regular preview content aimed at fans, bettors and sports businesses. Wicky has an active podcast catalogue, a large Discord community and public demos/pitches (demo day, podcasts) which show hands‑on product leadership and go‑to‑market work. wicky+2
Experienced data & analytics recruiter and agency partner: Nakul moved from HR and recruitment roles into data & analytics recruitment, and is listed as a Partner at Algo Talent (2024–present). His background includes recruiter roles at Motion Recruitment and a multi‑year partnership at Sterning Group, reflecting domain expertise hiring technical analytics talent and operating recruitment businesses. algotalent+2
Community builder and coach in grassroots cricket: He co‑founded Harris Park Cricket Club (2020) and acts publicly as club president/organiser, running community events and junior programs — demonstrating local sports leadership and community engagement outside his startup work. com+1
Content and education-oriented collaborator: Nakul creates and hosts podcasts, partners with educational programmes (Coder Academy) to train and hire junior developers, and publicly shares lessons about growing product/community — a mix of content, mentorship and practical hiring that fuels Wicky's product development. edu+1

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Writing

1 Million views but what do I have to show for it?

Long-form LinkedIn article by Nakul reflecting on content, audience and outcomes (authored on his LinkedIn profile).

Hobbies

Community cricket organiser, coach and active participant in local cricket. com

Podcasting and producing long‑form content about sports analytics and fantasy/punting. apple