Nicole got the entrepreneurial mindset at an early age, by helping her late father build online pharmaceutical marketplaces in the ‘90s, angel investing in the '00s and starting her own startup in the '10s. She obsesses over consumer behavior, cultural trends and unique growth channels.
Nicole spent the last 10 years at Lightspeed Venture Partners, scaling the firm from $2bn to $30bn+ AUM. She co-ran the Consumer team and worked with beehiiv, Calm, Cameo, Character AI, Daily Harvest, Daybreak, Girlboss, Goop, Hungryroot, Lightyear, Multiverse, Rothy’s, Zola and, perhaps most importantly, Haus Labs as that was where she originally met Mike Blank and CAA in 2017 when incubating the beauty brand with Lady Gaga.
Earlier, Nicole spent a decade at Morgan Stanley covering retail and internet. She did the IPOs for Facebook, GroupOn, Prada and Pandora.
“All of this gave me an understanding of what exceptional founders act like,” she says. “They’re on a journey and I want to provide support (in good and bad times), insight, and peripheral vision.” Nicole is happiest when helping others realize their full potential and then amplifying it. She likes to invest where there is an inherent Consumer behavior with a new technology overlay.She holds a degree in math and economics from the University of York, England and an MBA from Stanford.
