Alex Nichols
Partner at CapitalG
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Investing in internet + software companies reinventing the world’s largest industries Investments: Coupa, Duolingo, Odoo, Rippling, Stripe, TeamSystem, UiPath, Webflow, Whatnot
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
2024
Investor
2023
Rippling is the workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, finance, and more.
Raised $1,987,000,000.00 from Dragoneer Investment Group, Coatue, Greenoaks, Founders Fund and Bossa Invest.
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
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.
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
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