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Nicole Williams

Investor at Compound. If you're working on early stage frontier tech

New York, New York

Overview 

Nicole Williams is an Investor at Compound, focusing on early-stage frontier tech investments. With experience as the Deep Tech Vertical Co-Lead at EVCA and as a Program Director at Womanium/WARPA, she brings expertise in AI and education sectors to her current role. Highlights of her career include leading initiatives in Artificially Intelligent Learning Assistants and co-founding an NGO, showcasing a commitment to innovation and social impact.

Work Experience 

  • Homemaker

    2023 - Current

  • Investor

    2020 - 2022

    Invested in frontier technology at the seed stage. Board observer to PearBio (biotech cancer diagnostics), Wayve (autonomous vehicles driven by reinforcement learning), AI Fleet (trucking technology company), and Fort Robotics (warehouse safety robotics). Investments: https://compound.vc/portfolio & https://crypto.compound.vc/

Compound is a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm

  • Deep Tech Vertical Co-Lead

    2021 - 2022

    Brought deep tech investors together to develop investment theses.

EVCA is a non-profit association that supports the next generation of venture capital investors.

  • Program Director: Artificially Intelligent Learning Assistant Initiative

    2017 - 2019

    Trained an AI tutoring agent & managed educational bootcamps in computational neuroscience (with the NIH), transportation (with the DOE), and nuclear weapons safety (NNSA).

  • Independent Market and Research Consultant

    2017 - 2019

    Helped founders improve product positioning and strategic partnerships & worked with angel investors to source and diligence investment in their portfolio.

  • Marketing Services

    2017 - 2017

    Designed landing pages for small software businesses to optimize their SEO & ad spend.

Capterra is the leading online resource for business software buyers.

  • NGO Co-Founder and Executive Director

    2015 - 2017

    Co-founded a 501c3 non-profit organization to develop a school in Middle Egypt.

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