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Nimble Partners

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San Francisco · Seed–Late Stage · 9 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Nimble Partners operates as a multi-stage venture platform spanning the full life cycle of private technology companies. It commits capital to emerging seed and early-stage venture managers, invests directly in breakout companies with proven traction seeking expansion, and acquires stakes in late-stage market leaders through secondary transactions. Its platform emphasizes providing insights, access, and synergies to its investors, partner funds, and portfolio companies, leveraging a broad network of general partners, partner funds, and portfolio companies across tech-enabled industries.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
HQ
San Francisco, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Last 12 months
3 investments
Tracked investments
98

Team · 9 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 65 of 98 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×19Fintech ×19Enterprise Software ×16SaaS ×16Deep Tech ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×7Consumer ×6

HQs:United States×34Nigeria×2Australia×1India×1Italy×1Mexico×1

Investments · 98 tracked

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By year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12021 · 12018 · 22015 · 110 dated

Applovin (Exit)applovin.comin𝕏NASDAQ: APPAug 2018

AppLovin operates a mobile advertising platform that helps businesses scale their products and marketing.

AdTechGamingMarketing TechPalo Alto, US

Adam Foroughi(Executive Officer, Director)Eduardo Vivas(Director)Maggie Jin(Executive Officer)

BoardHerald Chen(Director)

Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESDniproFlex Capital PartnersStreamlined VenturesWebb Investment NetworkGriffin Gaming Partners

Bending Spoonsbendingspoons.comin𝕏NASDAQ: BSP

Bending Spoons acquires established digital products—including Vimeo, Evernote, WeTransfer, Meetup, and Brightcove—to own and operate them long-term, developing new features and AI capabilities across them.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSMilan (Mi), IT

Luca Ferrari(Executive Officer, Director)inLuca Querella(Director)inMatteo Danieli(Director)inFrancesco Patarnello(Vice President and Executive Director)inTomasz Greber(Co-Founder)inDavide Giorgio Andrea Scarpazza(Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsHighland EuropeKearny JacksonPositive Sum CapitalSocium VenturesEndeavor Catalyst

Courseracoursera.orgin𝕏NYSE: COUR

Coursera is an online learning platform offering courses, certificates, and career programs from universities and companies such as Google.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaSMountain View, US

Daphne Koller(Co-Founder & President)Andrew Ng(Director)Richard Levin(Chief Executive Officer)

BoardDan Avida(Director)Scott Sandell(Director)inJohn Doerr(Director)in

Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersFelicis VenturesG SquaredGSV VenturesKleiner PerkinsLearn Capital+9 more

Ethosethoslife.comin𝕏NASDAQ: LIFE

Ethos provides online life insurance that can be purchased entirely digitally, partnering with established insurance carriers.

InsurTech

Lingke Wang(Co-founder)Peter Colis(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAdit Ventures Management, LlcEvolution VC PartnersFlying Fish VenturesGeneral CatalystGlynn Capital ManagementSV Angel+7 more

CashStarFeb 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Portland, US

Steven R. Boal(Founder and Chairman)Michael Ellis(Executive Officer)Ben Kaplan(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChris Winship(Director)Alex Rampell(Director)inJohn H. Burbank III(Director)

Board seatJohn Burbank· per SEC Form D · $22.5M raise · filed Mar 2015

Co-investorsFTV CapitalAndreessen Horowitz

Dash Radiodashradio.comOct 2018SEC filingmedium confidence

Los Angeles, US

Scott Keeney(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Michelsen(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Tsujihara(Director)Michael Zeisser(Director)Jason Hardi(Director)Ron R. Goldie(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJohn Burbank· per SEC Form D · $11.2M raise · filed Apr 2020

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.

Lumeris Group Holdings CorpOct 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

Maryland Heights, US

Gail Halterman(Executive Officer)Charles Cory(Director)W. Michael Long(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Jones(Director)Ben Grabski(Executive Officer)Matthew Downs(Director)

Board seatJohn Burbank· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Nov 2023

Othramothram.com𝕏Feb 2024

Othram provides forensic DNA testing and analysis infrastructure for law enforcement agencies, medical examiners, and missing persons organizations to identify human remains and resolve cold cases.

Deep TechGovTechThe Woodlands, US

David Mittelman(Executive Officer, Director)STEPHEN HSU(Director)

BoardStephen Oskoui(Director)inJohn H. Burbank(Director)

Board seatJohn Burbank· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGigafundLauder Partners

Umbraumbra.spacein𝕏Jan 2021

Umbra designs, builds, tests, and operates satellite systems with precision radar imagery capabilities for space-based missions and intelligence applications.

Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechSanta Barbara, US

David Langan(CEO, Co-founder)Gabe Dominocielo(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJohn Burbank· per SEC Form D

Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalChampion Hill VenturesCrosscut VenturesDefense AngelsHemisphere Ventures LLCScOp Venture Capital+6 more

8-Bit Capital8bitcapital.comin𝕏

8-Bit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in inception-stage startups, focusing on AI, cybersecurity, and fintech.

Jonathan Abrams(Founder)in

Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersPropel Venture Partners

Adept siteadept.aiin𝕏Acquired

An ML research and product lab building general intelligence by enabling people and computers to work together creatively

Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

David Luan(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)inAshish Vaswani(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)Niki Parmar(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)Augustus Odena(Co-founder)Maxwell Nye(Co-founder)inErich Elsen(Co-founder)

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAdditionAir Street CapitalAtlassian VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock Partners+6 more

Adverb Venturesadverb.vcin𝕏
Alpacaalpaca.marketsin𝕏

Alpaca provides brokerage infrastructure APIs that enable fintechs and financial institutions to build investing applications and platforms with access to stocks, options, crypto, and other asset types.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Yoshi Yokokawa(Co-founder & CEO)inHitoshi Harada(Founder/CTO)inKaren Borchert(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBen Jackson(Director)Eddie Branchaud(Director)

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesDiagramElefundEndeavor CatalystHorizons VenturesOpera Tech Ventures+6 more

Altana AIaltana.ai

Altana operates an AI-powered network platform that connects businesses, logistics providers, and government agencies to automate global trade compliance and supply chain visibility through a shared system of record for product information and value chains.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Evan Smith(CEO)

Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAlleyCorpAmadeus Capital PartnersCollective LiquidityFloating PointFriends Family Capital+11 more

Amplify Partnersamplifypartners.com

Co-investorsVintage Investment Partners

Andelaandela.comin𝕏

Andela connects global technologists with enterprise opportunities and serves as a platform for hiring, building AI systems, and upskilling teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechWashington, D.C., US

Jeremy Johnson(Founder)inChristina Sass(Founder)inCarrol Chang(Chief Executive Officer)inBarun Singh(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Geoff MacNeil(Chief Revenue Officer)Kennith Jackson(Senior Vice President of Solutions)in

Co-investors4DX VenturesAccelerate AfricaAir Street CapitalAmplo VenturesCRE Venture CapitalDBL Partners+23 more

Arizearize.comin𝕏

Arize provides observability and evaluation tools for AI systems and large language models, enabling development teams to monitor, debug, and improve AI agents in production.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMill Valley, US

APARNA DHINKARAN(Director)Jason Lopatecki(President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary)inAparna Dhinakaran(Founder)in

BoardDHARMESH THAKKER(Director)inBrett Wilson(Director)inMORGAN GERLAK(Director)

Co-investorsBattery VenturesCollective LiquidityEvolution Equity PartnersFoundation CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)OMERS Ventures+5 more

Astranisastranis.comin𝕏May 2026 · $300M

Astranis manufactures small, high-powered geosynchronous satellites equipped with advanced digital processing technology for global telecommunications and connectivity services.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US

John Gedmark(Founder/CEO)inRyan McLinko(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlack FlagBoxGroupCantos VenturesCherubic VenturesCommonweal Ventures+36 more

Atomic Labsatomic.vcin𝕏

Atomic is a venture studio that co-founds companies, providing ideas, capital, talent, and operational playbooks alongside co-founders to build startups.

Co-investorsNexus Bay

Basi-Gobasi-go.comin𝕏

BasiGo provides electric buses designed for African public transport, along with a pay-as-you-drive leasing model that removes the high upfront cost of ownership and a charging and service network.

CleantechClimate TechMobility & TransportationClaymont, US

Jonathan Green(CFO & Co-Founder)Abhijit Bhattacharya(Executive Officer, Director)Jit Bhattacharya(CEO & Co-Founder)Moses Nderitu(Kenya Managing Director)Doreen Orishaba(Chief Product Officer)

BoardAkira Wada(Director)

Co-investorsKeiki CapitalMoxxie VenturesTrucks VCNovastar Ventures

BBG Venturesbbgventures.com

Supercircle operates a recycling infrastructure platform that lets apparel brands take back and recycle used clothing, turning recycling into a revenue channel rather than sending garments to landfill or incineration.

Circular EconomyClimate TechRetail Tech

Chloe Songer(Co-founder)Stuart Ahlum(Co-founder)Phong Nguyen(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAtento CapitalPivotal Ventures

Bling Capitalblingcap.com𝕏

Bling Capital is a venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in SaaS, consumer internet, marketplaces, fintech, digital health, enterprise, and frontier/defense technology companies.

ConsumerFintechSaaS

Ben(Founder & General Partner)in

Co-investorsDeep AcreVeronorteVintage Investment PartnersInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc

Blockchain Capitalblockchaincapital.comin𝕏

Blockchain Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in crypto companies and builders across multiple stages.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesInvariantes Fund

Boom Capitalboomcap.co

Boom Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building science-driven companies across healthcare, genomics, machine intelligence, aerospace, and new chemistries.

Co-investorsFarvatn Venture

Brilliantbrilliant.orgin𝕏

Brilliant offers an interactive learning app with an AI tutor (Koji) that teaches math and coding through visual, step-by-step problem solving and adaptive practice.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCorazon CapitalNext Play VenturesScribble VenturesThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)Hyde Park Angels+1 more

Canopy Connectusecanopy.comin𝕏

Canopy Connect provides an insurance data intake platform that verifies and monitors insurance information by pulling structured data and documents from carriers, dec pages, and forms.

Data & InfrastructureFintechInsurTech

Co-investorsElefund

Champion Hill Ventureschampionhillventures.com

Champion Hill Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in founders working on defense and hard technology, new computing regimes and digital sovereignty, and non-consensus ideas that don't fit conventional categories.

CHAOSchaosinc.comin𝕏

Chaos Inc. develops portable radar systems and unmanned aerial system (UAS) detection technology for defense applications, offering efficient multi-target tracking and rapid deployment capabilities.

Defense TechHardware

John Tenet(Founder)

Co-investors8VCAccelAlpha Wave GlobalHOF CapitalInflection VenturesManhattan Venture Partners+5 more

Clear Labsclearlabs.comin

Clear Labs develops fully automated next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms that process genomic data into insights for research and surveillance applications across infectious disease, food safety, and oncology.

BiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Carlos, US

Sasan Amini(Co-founder & CEO)Ramin Khaksar(Executive Officer)inEdward Fan(Executive Officer)inBrodie Flanders(Executive Officer, Director)Kazutaka Ohno(Executive Officer)Farzad Naimi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsMenlo VenturesKhosla VenturesNimble VenturesDentsu VenturesFelicis VenturesPrime Partners+2 more

Clocktower Technology Venturesclocktowerventures.com

Clocktower Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in fintech companies building consumer and enterprise financial services technology, backing entrepreneurs from seed through growth stages.

FintechSanta Monica, US

Co-investorsAMK Investment Office

COELIUS CAPITALcoelius.vc𝕏

Coelius Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups, focusing on B2B and B2B2C companies.

Enterprise Software

Co-investorsInvariantes Fund

CRE Venture Capitalcre.vcin𝕏

CRE Venture Capital is an investment firm that backs founders building technology companies with exposure to Africa.

Crowdboticscrowdbotics.comin𝕏

Crowdbotics (now CoreStory) offers AI-based tools to analyze how existing software systems work, aimed at software modernization and maintenance.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBerkeley, US

Anand Kulkarni(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardHunter Walk(Director)inVictor Echevarria(Director)in

Co-investorsJackson Square VenturesSamsung NextBee PartnersHarrison MetalHomebrewNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+1 more

Elefundelefund.com

Elefund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage founders and startups, backing companies across fintech, enterprise, and aerospace sectors.

Fintech

Emergence AI (FKA Merlyn Mind)emergence.aiin𝕏

Emergence is an AI research lab that builds agentic infrastructure for mission-critical enterprise systems, focusing on autonomous agents with determinism, governance, and long-term memory.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSemiconductors

Employment Heroemploymenthero.comin𝕏

Employment Hero is an HR, recruitment, payroll, and employee engagement platform that consolidates the full employment lifecycle from hiring and onboarding to payroll and offboarding.

FintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Ben Thompson(Founder & CEO)inDave Tong(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAirTree VenturesKensington Capital Partners LimitedPartners for GrowthPartners for Growth (PFG)TCVInsight Partners+1 more

Esperesper.ioin𝕏

Esper provides device management software using DevOps principles for company-managed devices, automating provisioning and exception-based management across Android and other platforms.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoT

Yadhu(Co-Founder & CEO)inShiv(Co-Founder & Chief Business Operator)in

Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupPathbreaker VenturesCota CapitalGaingelsUbiquity Ventures

Feverfeverup.comin𝕏

Fever operates an online platform for discovering and booking live entertainment and cultural experiences, including concerts, festivals, immersive shows, and tourism attractions.

ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsConvivialité VenturesGaldana VenturesPoint72 VenturesRx3 Growth PartnersScrum Ventures

Figurefigure.comFeb 2025

Figure is a lending platform that offers residential and commercial loan products including home equity lines of credit, cash-out refinances, DSCR loans, and crypto-backed loans for borrowers.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechCharlotte, US

Mike Cagney(Co-Founder, Executive Chairman)inJune Ou(Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member)inJin Woo Park(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsB3 CapitalBlue Lion GlobalChaos VenturesConversion CapitalDCM VenturesDigital Currency Group+19 more

Flex Capital LLCflexcapital.comin𝕏

Flex Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm run by GPs who previously founded and led companies such as LiveRamp, BrightRoll, Lemonaid Health, SafeGraph, and Pipedream.

Sector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

Floating Pointfloating.vc

Co-investorsRenaissance Venture Capital

Flutterwaveflutterwave.comin𝕏

Flutterwave provides payment processing infrastructure and tools that enable businesses and financial institutions across Africa to send and receive payments securely and efficiently.

FintechLagos, NG

Adeleke Adekoya(Founder)inOlugbenga GB Agboola(Founder)in

Co-investors4DX VenturesAAF Management Ltd.Avenir Growth CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalChaos Ventures+20 more

Form Capitalformcapital.com
Formajoinforma.comin

Forma operates a benefits platform that provides customizable pre- and post-tax spending accounts, letting employees choose personalized benefits through a store, payment card, or claims reimbursement.

FintechHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsAngelPadDesigner FundNewView CapitalEmergence CapitalRibbit CapitalUpside Partnership

Formation8 Partnersformation8.com
Gametimegametime.co𝕏

Gametime operates a mobile-first marketplace for buying and selling last-minute tickets to sports, music, and theater events in more than 60 cities across the U.S. and Canada.

ConsumerMarketplacesSports TechSan Francisco, US

Brad Griffith(Founder)Colin Evans(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBrian O'Malley(Director)Jeff Mallett(Director)

Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESBlitzscaling VenturesIconica PartnersMaven VenturesNext Legacy Partners

Goat Capitalgoat.vc

GOAT Capital is an investment firm.

Sector Agnostic

Robin ChanJustin Kan

Hannah Grey Ventureshannahgrey.com

Hannah Grey is a thesis-led venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, often pre-product or pre-revenue U.S. companies led by customer-focused founders.

Sector Agnostic

Infinity Venturesinfinityvc.capitalin𝕏

Infinity Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on fintech and commerce enablement, backing founders building financial services tools and technologies across global markets.

Fintech

Co-investorsSocial Leverage

InnerPlant

Bee Partners is a pre-seed venture capital firm that backs technical founders at inception across AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and synthetic biology.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics

Michael Berolzheimer(Founder & Managing Partner)inJocelyne Cooke(CFO)in

Co-investorsBee Partners

Instrumentalinstrumental.comin𝕏

Instrumental provides a Manufacturing Engineering Control Platform that uses hardware, software, and AI to help electronics brands detect failures faster and optimize their manufacturing processes with visibility into the factory floor.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardware

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersIndustrious VenturesNVentures

Ixlayerixlayer.comin𝕏

ixlayer runs digital health testing and care programs, including a nationwide digital acute pain evaluation service (Informed Pain Care) that connects patients with licensed providers.

Digital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsBIOSPRING PARTNERSXYZ Venture Capital

KDT Ventureskdtvc.comin𝕏

KdT is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in frontier science and deep technology startups.

Deep Tech

Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesLevel VenturesVintage Investment PartnersBertelsmann India InvestmentsTribe Capital

Kueskikueski.comin𝕏

Kueski provides digital lending and payment services in Mexico, offering personal loans and a buy-now-pay-later product (Kueski Pay) for online and in-store purchases without a credit card.

FintechMexico City, MX

Adalberto Flores Ochoa(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPeter Kellner(Director)inPatrick Gallagher(Director)

Co-investorsCapria VenturesCathay InnovationCore Ventures GroupCrunchFundFluent VenturesG Squared+8 more

Learn Capitallearn.vcin𝕏

Learn (Learn Capital) is a venture capital firm that backs and builds companies focused on education and learning technologies.

Co-investorsAtento Capital

Lower Carbon Capitallowercarboncapital.com

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in climate technology companies working to reduce CO2 emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and cool the planet.

CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesFarvatn VentureFoundryLowercarbon CapitalShrug CapitalSwordfish Investments+1 more

M1 Financem1.comin𝕏

M1 offers online brokerage and investing accounts, including joint brokerage accounts for couples, partners, and family members with shared financial goals.

ConsumerFintechSaaSChicago, US

Co-investorsSoftBank Vision Fund

Mercurymercury.comin𝕏

Mercury is an investor database listing venture capital investors and their sector focus areas.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSector Agnostic

Immad Akhund(Founder & CEO)inJason Zhang(Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer)inMax Tagher(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundBetter Tomorrow VenturesBuilders + BackersChapter OneClocktower Ventures+38 more

MHS Capitalmhscapital.com

Co-investorsNexus Bay

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 5

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Applovin (Exit)NASDAQ: APPBending SpoonsNASDAQ: BSPCourseraNYSE: COUREthosNASDAQ: LIFEPachamaacq. by Carbon Direct

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Nimble Partners made?
Nimble Partners has 94 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Nimble Partners invest at?
Nimble Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Nimble Partners focus on?
Nimble Partners focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Nimble Partners located?
Nimble Partners is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Who does Nimble Partners co-invest with?
Nimble Partners most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Evolution VC Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, among 325 tracked co-investors.

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