Nick is one of the most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and managers in the US with over 30 years of experience across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, retail, e-commerce, digital media and advertising, software, aerospace, health care, and finance. He is a Co-Founder and Partner of Second Avenue Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm that provides management, strategy, and capital for early-stage companies.

Nick’s experience and perspective have led to an unusual record of serial successes. He has managed, founded or financed over 30 companies, creating aggregate market value of tens of billions of dollars. Some of his notable successes include Amazon.com, Aquantive Inc., (purchased by Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion), Insitu Group (purchased by Boeing in 2008 for $400 million), Juno Therapeutics (acquired by Celgene in 2019 for $9 billion, and Market Leader (purchased by Trulia in 2013 for $350 million). He has helped found or manage a portfolio of companies across a diverse array of industries, including Marchex, Newsvine, Qliance, Seattle Bank, and Pacific Coast Feather Company.

Nick also has a wide array of civic interests and has founded a variety of non-profit organisations in the States. This includes Civic Ventures, a public policy incubator in Seattle dedicated to catalysing significant social change.