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Alex Nichols

Partner at CapitalG

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Alex Nichols is a Partner at CapitalG in San Francisco, specializing in venture capital investments in start-ups at Series B stage, particularly in sectors like cybersecurity, FinTech, and Web3/Crypto. With a background in economics and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago, Alex has successfully invested in companies like Curated at the Series C stage and holds board observer positions at companies like Whatnot and Webflow.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Investing in consumer internet + software companies reinventing their industries

  • Vice President

    2019 - 2023

  • Associate

    2018 - 2019

CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.

  • Board Observer

    2021

Whatnot is a live stream platform and marketplace that enables collectors and enthusiasts to connect, buy, and sell verified products.

Raised $484,700,000.00 from DST Global, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Bond, CapitalG and Andreessen Horowitz.

  • Board Observer

    2020

Webflow is a visual web design platform, CMS, and hosting provider for building production websites and prototypes.

Raised $334,900,000.00 from CapitalG, Draper Associates, Accel, Y Combinator Continuity Fund and Silversmith Capital Partners.

  • Investor

    2018

Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.

Raised $183,300,000.00 from General Atlantic, Durable Capital Partners and Arctic Ventures.

  • Investor

    2018

Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.

Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2023

Albert is a financial technology company aiming to democratize money management by making financial advice accessible and affordable.

Raised $175,639,020.00 from Invus Opportunities, General Atlantic, QED Investors, CapitalG and Portage Ventures.

  • Investor

    2018

UiPath is a software company that designs and develops robotic process automation and artificial intelligence applications.

Raised $1,993,025,000.00 from Turkgen Ventures.

  • Investor

    2023

Coupa is a cloud platform for business spend that offers a fully unified suite of financial applications for business spend management.

Raised $219,000,000.00 from ICONIQ Growth, PremjiInvest, Battery Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Crosslink Capital and Rally Ventures.

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2019

Unqork is a no-code enterprise application platform that helps companies build, deploy, and manage complex applications.

Raised $365,169,951.00 from Vine Ventures, CapitalG, Poalim Equity, G Squared, Sunley House Capital Management, FinTLV Ventures, Aquiline Technology Growth, Broadridge, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and WiL (World Innovation Lab).

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