Hi, I’m Nico.
I created this site to:
Clarify my thinking through writing
&
Connect with interesting people
&
Show you this picture of me
Talk to me about:
Anything in the venture capital stack: start-up ops, LPs (endowments and fund-of-funds), and VC funds themselves
Anything I’ve written about
Any investment I’ve made
Writing
I write a newsletter and less frequent but longer form content to clarify my thinking. I don’t write to create neatly packaged answers. I aim to start a discussion on topics that I’m actively exploring and learning about.
I employ one-level higher thinking when digging in. Topics I’m currently exploring include:
The role that finance plays in innovation and shaping the future
How incentives control our public and private systems
How we value goods, services, and each other
Building
I’m building a computational bio platform to change the way a billion people diagnose and manage neurological disorders. I’m supported by an exceptional team and am committed to building an exceptional company.
I invest as an angel in start-ups redefining our societal OS (primarily agriculture, health, finance, deep tech) and as an LP in VC funds (primarily emerging managers, but also funds tackling the above categories).
Investing
9-bullet bio:
Studied—
Biology at Washington & Lee University
MBA at London Business School
Worked—
Served with AmeriCorps
Hospitals/payers at EY
Consulted for start-ups (GTM, fundraising, finance)
VC (invested and led research across deep tech, consumer, enterprise / pre-seed to pre-IPO)
Now—