Nick Houshower
InvestorManaging Director, Investments & Portfolio Management at Equilibrium Capital
Delray Beach, Florida, United States
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About
Nick Houshower is Managing Director and Head of Investments at Equilibrium, where he built a $1.3 billion first-time fund platform in sustainable agriculture and infrastructure over the past decade. His deal experience spans private credit, venture, growth equity, distressed situations, and real estate, with a focus on structuring and cross-border M&A in Europe and Mexico across sectors including controlled environment agriculture, food and agriculture, and energy transition. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he began his career in Beijing working on urban and fiscal policy and has executed and overseen multiple infrastructure projects exceeding $100 million from pre-development through construction management.
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Experience
- EquilibriumManaging Director and Head of Investmentscurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- EquilibriumPrincipal2021 — 2023
- EquilibriumVice President2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- EquilibriumAssociate2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Hessing SuperversBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentVenlo, Limburg, Netherlands
- FinkaBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentQuerétaro, Mexico
- Revol GreensBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Thomson ReutersDirector, China & Mongolia2012 — 2013Beijing, China
- Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyManager2011Beijing, China
- Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyChina Program Administrator2009 — 2011Beijing, China
- Oriental Companion MediaInternational Affairs Manager2008 — 2009Beijing, China
Skills & more
Stata3Mandarin10Chinese4Government Relations1Urban1International Project Management4Non-profits2Policy Analysis8International Relations27Public Policy15Economic Development3Research18
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Program ManagementSustainabilityUrban PlanningNonprofitsPoliticsPolitical ScienceInternational DevelopmentGovernmentStrategyForeign PolicyQualitative ResearchEconomicsLanguages Chinese · English
From Nick's professional profile.
Colleagues at Equilibrium Capital
Andrew Turner
Board Member at Equilibrium Capital
Annie Vu
Staff Accountant at Equilibrium Capital
Bill Campbell
Senior Advisor, Special Projects at Equilibrium Capital
Casey Delaney
Senior Vice President, Financial Operations at Equilibrium Capital
Dave Chen
Strategic Advisor at Voyager Capital
Jared Sperry
Principal, Portfolio Operations at Equilibrium Capital
Michaele Gobel
Chief Financial Officer at Equilibrium Capital
Ryan Ensor
Fund Accounting Manager at Equilibrium Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nick Houshower?
- Nick Houshower is Managing Director and Head of Investments at Equilibrium, where he built a $1.3 billion first-time fund platform in sustainable agriculture and infrastructure over the past decade. His deal experience spans private credit, venture, growth equity, distressed situations, and real estate, with a focus on structuring and cross-border M&A in Europe and Mexico across sectors including controlled environment agriculture, food and agriculture, and energy transition. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he began his career in Beijing working on urban and fiscal policy and has executed and overseen multiple infrastructure projects exceeding $100 million from pre-development through construction management.
- Where does Nick Houshower work?
- Nick Houshower is Managing Director, Investments & Portfolio Management at Equilibrium Capital.
- Where did Nick Houshower go to school?
- Nick Houshower studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Management & Strategy); American University (M.A., International Affairs - Chinese Energy Policy); American University (B.A., International Studies).
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Shared employers
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