About
Nathan Lian works as a fractional operator and strategic advisor to startups across B2B SaaS, tech-enabled services, consumer fintech, and AI applications, focusing on scaling finance, operations, and go-to-market functions from early stages and occasionally supporting growth-stage capital raises and M&A. He previously built and led strategic finance, BizOps, growth marketing, and revenue teams at AI startups HiredScore and nate. He began his career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan covering aerospace, defense, transportation, and logistics, and holds a B.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Experience
- Maintouch: SEO + AI Search Automation for B2BBuildingcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Protean GroupFoundercurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Pareto HoldingsAdvisorcurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- AsymmetricAdvisor Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- StealthCo-Founder2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- nateChief of Staff2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- BrigitBusiness Operations2021New York, New York, United States
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Columbia UniversityResearcher2017 — 2018New York, New York, United States
- J. Craig Venter InstituteResearch Fellow | Synthetic Biology2015 — 2017San Diego, California, United States
- San Diego Supercomputer CenterResearch Fellow | Neurodegenerative Disorders2014 — 2016San Diego, California, United States
Skills & more
Public Speaking99Research99Leadership99Teamwork91Microsoft Office91Marketing86Management59Data Analysis48Community Outreach44Entrepreneurship46Cancer32Problem Solving30
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BiotechnologyProgrammingBioinformaticsSynthetic BiologyMathematicaMolecular BiologyExcel VBANeuroscienceNeurologyMicroarray AnalysisMicrobiologyMicroscopyLanguages English · Mandarin Chinese
- Open Water Scuba Diver — PADI
- Series 79 — FINRA
- Series 63 — FINRA
From Nathan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Akshay Nathan
Engineering Manager at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Andrew Furman
Software Developer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Annie Dean
Chief Strategy Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Aron Szanto
Head of Technology at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Ben Slater
Chief Marketing Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Beth Clymer
President, Chief Operating Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Brian Benedict
Co-Founder & CRO at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Brian Fishbein
Chief Investment Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nathan Lian?
- Nathan Lian works as a fractional operator and strategic advisor to startups across B2B SaaS, tech-enabled services, consumer fintech, and AI applications, focusing on scaling finance, operations, and go-to-market functions from early stages and occasionally supporting growth-stage capital raises and M&A. He previously built and led strategic finance, BizOps, growth marketing, and revenue teams at AI startups HiredScore and nate. He began his career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan covering aerospace, defense, transportation, and logistics, and holds a B.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University.
- Where does Nathan Lian work?
- Nathan Lian is Advisor Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners.
- What does Nathan Lian invest in?
- Nathan Lian invests in AI & Machine Learning, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where did Nathan Lian go to school?
- Nathan Lian studied at Columbia University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Operations Research); Torrey Pines High School (High School Diploma).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Maintouch: SEO + AI Search Automation for B2B1
Also worked at Protean Group1
Also worked at Brigit5
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