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Nicholas Nicolaides

Investor

Co-Founder & Lead Investment Manager at Symvan Capital

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Nicholas Nicolaides began his career in investment banking in 1994, working in equity capital markets, M&A, and private equity at firms including BNP Paribas, Lehman Brothers, and various SME brokerages, with an early focus on technology, media, and telecoms. In 2013 he co-founded Symvan Capital with Kealan Doyle to invest in early-stage technology companies through SEIS and EIS portfolios. He holds an MBA from Imperial College School of Management and a BSc (Hons) in Statistics from UCL, and is an EMCC Accredited Coach at Practitioner level.

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Invests in

Sector Agnostic

Experience

  1. Symvan CapitalDirector & Investment Managercurrent2013 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  2. Symvan SecuritiesDirectorcurrent2010 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  3. Beaufort International AssociatesCorporate Finance Consultant2009 — 2010London, United Kingdom
  4. Lewis Charles SecuritiesCo-Head of Corporate Finance2005 — 2009London, United Kingdom
  5. Renirie AdvisoryPartner2003 — 2005Netherlands
  6. Lehman BrothersEquity Capital Markets (Media & Telecoms)2000 — 2002London, United Kingdom
  7. BNP ParibasCorporate Finance & ECM1994 — 2000London, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Imperial College LondonMBA, Finance1993 — 1994
  2. UCLB.Sc., Statistics (including Computing1990 — 1993
  3. Highgate School1985 — 1990

Skills & more

Corporate Finance35Venture Capital24Valuation17Equities15Strategy14Due Diligence12Mergers & Acquisitions10Capital Markets6Start-ups6Equity Research4Portfolio Management2Equity Capital Markets4
+4 moreIPOPrivate PlacementsCompany ValuationTMT

Languages English · Greek

  • EMCC Accredited Coach at Practitioner level — EMCC Global
  • Network Assurance — TEEX Business and Cyber Solutions
  • Information Security Basics — TEEX Business and Cyber Solutions
  • non-Executive Directors — UK Private Capital

From Nicholas's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Imperial College London327

Deji SasegbonVP, Platform & Portfolio Operations at EchoVC PartnersMadison LenormandInvestor at DaphniPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniLoubaba El AyoubiInvestor at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at MedicxiFrancois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi

+ 321 more

Also attended UCL272

André DuboisInvestor at Index VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarie FerriInvestor at DaphniElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at Medicxi

+ 266 more

Also attended Highgate School4

Anthony AvedissianPartner at Canonical CryptoHooman YazhariInvestor, Operator and Board Member at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALCraig CooperPartner at Serpentine VenturesRaza HabibFounder at Humanloop

Shared employers

Also worked at Lehman Brothers210

Scott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDana SettleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at GreycroftHemal PatelManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersYusuf ÖzdalgaPartner, Head of U.K. & Europe at QED InvestorsSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Pam TholenHead of Investor Relations at Paradigm

+ 204 more

Also worked at BNP Paribas194

Alessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneCarlos ContiManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupPauline BréantFinance Manager at Newfund CapitalRoy ChngInvestment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaxime BucaillePrincipal at Draper AssociatesAlexis HoussouFounder & Managing Partner at HCVC

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Colleagues at Symvan Capital

Allen Xu
Investment Manager at Symvan Capital
Andrea Maia-Davies
Investment Associate at Symvan Capital
Daniaal Ali
Client & Operations Assistant at Symvan Capital
Jessica Baker
Client & Partnerships Manager at Symvan Capital
Jizhen Wang
Director at Symvan Capital
Kealan Doyle
CEO at Symvan Capital
Michael Theodosiou
Investment Manager at Symvan Capital
Nina Carr
Investor Relations Specialist at Symvan Capital