Nicole Williams
Investor at Compound. If you're working on early stage frontier tech
New York, New York
Overview
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.