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Nick Moran

General Partner at New Stack Ventures

Chicago, Illinois

Overview 

Nick Moran is a General Partner at New Stack Ventures and the Founder & Host of The Full Ratchet podcast. He has invested in numerous companies at various stages, including Gamify, equipifi, and Winston Privacy, showcasing his expertise in M&A market strategy, product portfolio management, and business strategy development. With an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a background at Danaher, Nick Moran has successfully led investments in startups like Gamify and Curv Health, demonstrating a strong track record in market analysis, strategic planning, and new business development.

Work Experience 

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Snug

  • Lead Investor

    2025 - Current

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New Stack Ventures

  • General Partner

    2015

    Access to Venture Capital is not evenly distributed. Historically, 80%+ of VC has been invested in Silicon Valley insiders. Yet, many of the most iconic companies were built by those who didn't go to Stanford, work for Big Tech, or call the Bay Area Home. We exist to back those founders. Founder Nick Moran launched the first VC podcast, one of the first AngelList Syndicates, and has raised over $100M AUM to address severe pricing inefficiencies in the startup equity market. New Stack leads early stage (angel, pre-seed, seed) B2B SaaS rounds with an emphasis on Fintech, Healthcare, and Legacy Industries.

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The Full Ratchet

  • Founder

    2014

    The first Venture Capital Podcast est May 2014. TFR is one of the top 0.5% most popular shows of 3,099,026 podcasts globally and recently eclipsed 100k subscribers.

The Full Ratchet is podcast for Startup Fundraising & Investing from the Angel & Venture Capital Experts.

fullratchet.net
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Stealth Startup

  • Lead Investor

    2023

    Lead Investor (companies in stealth): Secondary Liquidity Platform (Park City, UT) 4/25 AI Foodtech (Boston, MA) 3/25 Proptech SaaS (Hartford, CT) 7/24 Healthcare Marketplace (Nashville, TN) 7/24 Construction Engineering AI (Toronto, Canada) 4/24 Neo-bank (Los Angeles, CA) 12/23 Infrastructure Construction (Valparaiso, IN) 11/23

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vinny

  • Lead Investor

    2024

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Besolo

  • Lead Investor

    2024

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Manifold

  • Lead Investor

    2024

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Light Frame

  • Lead Investor

    2024

Tesorai

  • Lead Investor

    2023

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Heliux

  • Lead Investor

    2023

The Enterprise Operating System for Industrials

Raised $2,265,000.00 from Amplify.LA, Lux Capital, New Stack Ventures, Crosscut Ventures and Countdown Capital.

heliux.com

Education 

Investments 

Gamify

Seed

Total funding: $3M

equipifi

Pre Seed

Total funding: $3M

neu

Seed

Total funding: $990K

Winston Privacy

Pre Seed

Total funding: $900K

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