Nick Masters
InvestorFounderVenture Partner at Team Ignite · Founder at Vector
Greater Boston
FoundedVector · YC
About
Nick Masters is co-founder and COO of Vector. He previously held a sales engineering executive role at Drift, which was acquired for $1.3B, and has over 15 years of leadership experience in sales team development. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and former instructor pilot.
Founder at VectorYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Nick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Vector's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nick can intro founders to Vector's investors below.
Vector's investors · 6
GoAhead VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $1M checksHubSpot VenturesCambridge · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2026Team Ignite VenturesTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at Vector
JP
Joshua PerkFounder
Experience
- VectorCo-Founder & COOcurrent2023 — present
- Team Ignite VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Sales Engineers of BostonFoundercurrent2020 — presentGreater Boston
- DriftDirector, Global Sales Engineering2022 — 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- DriftManager, Sales Engineering2021 — 2022Greater Boston
- BoxManager, Enterprise Sales Engineering2019 — 2021Greater Boston Area
- BoxSales Engineer, Enterprise2018 — 2019Greater Boston Area
- BoxSenior Customer Success Manager, Strategic Accounts2017 — 2018Greater Boston Area
- GE AviationSenior Customer Program Manager2016 — 2017Cincinnati Area, OH
- GE AviationGE Junior Officer Leadership Program (JOLP)2015 — 2016Cincinnati Area
- United States Air ForceInstructor Pilot (T-6A), Senior Program Manager2011 — 2014Pensacola, Florida
- United States Air ForceProgram Manager, Foreign Air Defense Liaison2013 — 2014Jordan, Bahrain & Qatar
- United States Air ForceExecutive Officer, C-17A Pilot Aircraft Commander2007 — 2011Charleston, South Carolina
- United States Air ForceStudent Pilot2005 — 2007Vance AFB, Oklahoma
Skills & more
Startups3Sales Management3Founder2Early-Stage StartupsNegotiation1Bargaining1Conflict Resolution1Sales Leadership1Program Management21Leadership21Military47Aircraft9
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Air ForceManagementDefenseOperations ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTrainingFlight TrainingDoDSoftware as a Service (SaaS)saasActive DoD Top Secret ClearanceNational Security- Negotiation Mastery — Harvard Business School Online
- CRO School — Pavilion
- FAA Commercial Pilot — Federal Aviation Administration
From Nick's professional profile.
Colleagues at Team Ignite
Brian Bell
Founder & Managing Partner at Team Ignite
Fahad Ahmed
Principal in Residence at Team Ignite
Kathrina Menor
Portfolio Manager at Team Ignite
Renata Bell
Operating Partner at Team Ignite Ventures
Renata Bell
Operating Partner at Team Ignite
Simon Hayhurst
General Partner at Team Ignite Ventures
Simon Hayhurst
General Partner at Team Ignite
Sreedhar Radhakrishnan
Principal in Residence at Team Ignite
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nick Masters?
- Nick Masters is co-founder and COO of Vector. He previously held a sales engineering executive role at Drift, which was acquired for $1.3B, and has over 15 years of leadership experience in sales team development. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and former instructor pilot.
- Where does Nick Masters work?
- Nick Masters is Founder of Vector and Venture Partner at Team Ignite.
- What companies did Nick Masters found?
- Nick Masters founded Vector.
- Where did Nick Masters go to school?
- Nick Masters studied at Y Combinator; Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Marketing); American Military University (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business/Commerce).
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