Business

 

Nick is one of the most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and managers in the Northwest with over 30 years of experience across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, retailing, e-commerce, digital media and advertising, software, aerospace, health care, and finance.

Nick’s experience and perspective have produced 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 notable companies include Amazon.com, Aquantive Inc. (purchased by Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion), Insitu Group (purchased by Boeing for $400 million), and Market Leader (purchased by Trulia in 2013 for $350 million).

Second Avenue Partners

Nick is currently a partner at Second Avenue Partners, a Seattle-based provider of management, strategy, and capital for early stage companies in the Greater Puget Sound area that he co-founded in February 2000. The firm looks to invest in promising teams and transformational ideas in a wide range of areas including internet, consumer and social media, software, and clean energy. Their investment approach is to make early-stage investments in promising ventures and build long-term relationships, actively assisting its portfolio companies in becoming market leaders.

For more, visit the Second Avenue Partners website.

 

Companies Nick has founded or invested in:

Pacific Coast Feather Company

Amazon.com

Aquantive

Insitu Group

Juno Therapuetics

Seattle Bank

Market Leader

Flexe

Museum Quality Framing

Gear.com

Down Under Nightclub

Eurodown

National Sleep Products

Pac-Fung

Scandia Down

SeeQ

Real Self

Qliance

WISErg

Tree Ring

Slope

Marchex

Essention

Azeleos

Inkd

Modumental

Coolspotters

Health Slate

Jenu

Front Desk

Glassnetic

Location Labs

Fantasy Moguls

Fan Nation

Newsvine

Audience Science

Gem Share

King of the Web

L1

Upworthy

BeLeave

Inspo

MIGO

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