Naba
Siddiqui
Co-Founder at Poket
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Naba Siddiqui Bio (LinkedIn)
Naba Siddiqui is the Co-Founder of Poket, a field data collection platform that turns real-world data — surveys, photos, voice notes, and location — into maps, insights, and action. Over the past 5 years, she has led Poket's technology and global deployment strategy, growing the platform's footprint to 30+ countries and 25+ languages with a lean engineering team.Poket supports community-based monitoring, citizen science, and participatory research for organizations working in some of the world's most remote and resource-constrained settings, with deployments spanning climate change, agriculture, and humanitarian relief. Its offline-first, AI-assisted platform is designed specifically for field teams who can't rely on constant connectivity or heavy infrastructure.
Naba has built Poket almost entirely bootstrapped, choosing a self-funded, mission-first path over chasing venture capital. The track record at Poket includes federally funded work with agencies like USAID, NIH, and USDA.
Based in Toronto, Naba is driven by a simple belief: technology should make it easier for anyone, anywhere, to turn their own data into real-world action — and five years in, she's just getting started.
