Nick Davidov
InvestorCo-founder at Davidovs Venture Collective · Partner at DVC
San Francisco Bay Area
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About
Repeat founder and AI investor, co-founder of Cherry Labs (exited), Gagarin Capital (exited), and iTech Capital. Previously led growth at MSQRD (acquired by Meta). He focuses on investments and portfolio management at DVC.
Experience
- Davidovs VCPartner and cofoundercurrent2021 — presentLos Altos Hills, California, United States
- PerplexityInvestor - Series Acurrent2023 — present
- Higgsfield AIFirst check investorcurrent2023 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
- Tel Aviv University - Coller School of ManagementProfessor of practice, Enterpreneurship program for EMBA Eurasia in partnership with TAUcurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- inDriverAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
- Dating GroupMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Fridge No MorePre-seed Investor and Advisor2020 — 2022Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Fort Ross VenturesSenior Venture Partner2021 — 2022Menlo Park, California, United States
- Cherry LabsCo-Founder2017 — 2021Palo Alto, CA
- Gagarin Capital PartnersCo-founder and ex Managing Partner2015 — 2020Palo Alto, California
- Prisma Labs, Inc.Pre-seed Investor and Advisor2016 — 2020Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
- MSQRDAdvisor2016
- IconTextBoard Member2013 — 2015Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
- SeoPultBoard Member2012 — 2015Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
- iTech CapitalInvestment Director2010 — 2015Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
- Pult GroupGroup Managing Director2013 — 2014Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
- Garpun.comBoard Member2013 — 2014
- Independent ConsultantStartup advisor2007 — 2012
- TerraLinkKey accounts and business development2009 — 2010
- Cisco SystemsISAM2007 — 2008
- Cisco SystemsBusiness Development Rep2006 — 2007
Skills & more
Negotiation41Strategy49New Business Development8Corporate Development8Business Development99Marketing26Project Management37Investment Management16Private Equity94Private Equity/Venture Capital11Financial Analysis22Deal Structuring12
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Deal SourcingBoard LevelBoard ExperienceFinancial ModelingInvestor RelationsFundraisingVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipManagement ConsultingInvestmentsCRMBusiness StrategyLanguages English · French · Russian
- CCNA — Cisco
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Colleagues at Davidovs Venture Collective
Alexey Rybak
Venture Partner at Davidovs Venture Collective
Charles Ferguson
Partner at Davidovs Venture Collective
Elena Malyanova
Head of Investor Relations & Operations at Davidovs Venture Collective
Marina Davidova
Investment and Operating Partner at Davidovs Venture Collective
Mel Guymon
Partner at Davidovs Venture Collective
Robert Chefitz
Managing Partner at Egis Capital Partners
Tony Shapovalov
Head of Product Management & Analytics at Davidovs Venture Collective
Vlad Baskakov
Lead Engineer at Davidovs Venture Collective
Network5
Alejandro GuerreroScout
General Partner at Act One Ventures
Alex TongScout
Venture Partner at Information Venture Partners
David J. PhillipsScout
Angel
Diego OppenheimerScout
Venture Partner at Work-Bench
Felipe DamonteScout
Associate at Newtopia VC
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nick Davidov?
- Repeat founder and AI investor, co-founder of Cherry Labs (exited), Gagarin Capital (exited), and iTech Capital. Previously led growth at MSQRD (acquired by Meta). He focuses on investments and portfolio management at DVC.
- Where does Nick Davidov work?
- Nick Davidov is Co-founder at Davidovs Venture Collective.
- Where did Nick Davidov go to school?
- Nick Davidov studied at The University of Edinburgh (Master of Science, International Business in Emerging Markets); Gosudarstvennyj Universitet - Vysšaja Škola Ekonomiki (Bachelor, Management); 1284.
Founder mafias
The University of Edinburgh mafia118
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Martin SchrimpffMechanical Engineering with Management TechniquesFounded Kocomo +1Jeffrey ChangGraduate StudiesFounded Doblet +1James WattBachelor of Laws - LLBFounded BrewDog +1Chris Schulze-MelanderOriental StudiesFounded PROPER +1Nicolas HourcardMsc Finance & InvestmentFounded QuestDB +1Jay LipmanBachelor's degreeFounded Resilience Investments +1
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Perplexity mafia22
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Pieter AbbeelDirectorFounded Gradescope +1Taz PatelHead of Advertising and ShoppingFounded Captiv8Steve JangInvestor & Board MemberFounded Kindred VenturesAndy KonwinskiCo-founderFounded DatabricksVenugopal SathyanarayanaPerplexity AI Business FellowFounded CV SystemsRam ShanmugamInvestorFounded Sauce Labs
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Higgsfield AI mafia4
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Davidovs Venture Collective mafia3
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Fort Ross Ventures mafia3
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tel Aviv University - Coller School of Management10
Tomer BerkovitzManaging Partner at aMoonOren KaplanSerial Entrepreneur at Vetted AcceleratorAmir GuttmanFounder and Managing Partner at Aviv Venture CapitalDan AksCo-Founder at IBI Tech FundYoni HeilbronnManaging Partner at IL VenturesBar KozlovskyAssociate at XT Venture Capital
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