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Nick Shalek

Investor

General Partner at Ribbit Capital · Board director at Vouch · Board director at Coalition · Board director at Next Insurance

San Francisco, California

Writes $2M – $15M checks · typically $8M

Find your path to Nick

403 people in our graph share verified history with Nick — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Aftab MathurunlockedNick: together at Yale University (2001–2003)
×5Nick: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Nick: together at Ribbit Capital
×2Nick: together at Yale University

About

Nick, trained at Yale's Investment Office under David Swensen, applies endowment-style, first-principles investing to VC—prioritizing incentive design—and publicly championed Bitcoin and crypto infrastructure as early as 2013.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Invests in

ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechInsurTechSaaS

Board director at VouchYC S19

Intro paths

YC

Nick went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

In turn, Nick can intro founders to Vouch's investors below.

Co-founders at Vouch

SHSam Hodges
Sam HodgesFounder/CEO
THTravis Hedge
Travis HedgeFounder

Board director at Coalition

Intro paths

In turn, Nick can intro founders to Coalition's investors below.

Co-founders at Coalition

JMJoshua Motta
Joshua MottaCEO & Co-Founder
JHJohn Hering
John HeringDirector

Board director at Next Insurance

Intro paths

In turn, Nick can intro founders to Next Insurance's investors below.

Co-founders at Next Insurance

GG
Guy GoldsteinExecutive Officer, Director
NTNissim Tapiro
AHAlon Huri
Alon HuriFounder

Experience

  1. Ribbit CapitalRibbit Capitalcurrent2012 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. Sutter LLCMembercurrent2012 — present
  3. Aspire Public SchoolsEntrepreneur-in-Residence2011Oakland, CA
  4. Verne GlobalDirector2008 — 2009Washington, D.C. and Reykjavik, Iceland
  5. Yale Investments OfficeSenior Analyst2005 — 2008New Haven, CT
  6. City of New HavenAlderman2005 — 2007New Haven, CT

Skills & more

Strategy37Strategic Planning5Public Speaking1Sales3Start-ups25Entrepreneurship28Business Strategy13Project Management1Social Media1Research2New Business Development2Marketing11
+1 moreExcel

From Nick's professional profile.

Deals · 5

Juniper SquareBoard seat

via Ribbit Capital · filed May 2025 · $44M raise

Next InsuranceBoard seat

via Ribbit Capital · filed Nov 2023 · $350M raise

CoalitionBoard seat

via Ribbit Capital · filed Jul 2022 · $250M raise

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Settle Inc.Board seat

via Ribbit Capital · filed Nov 2021 · $75M raise

Root StockholdingsBoard seat

via Ribbit Capital · filed Sep 2019 · $360M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

ForUsAll

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Ribbit Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nick Shalek?
Nick, trained at Yale's Investment Office under David Swensen, applies endowment-style, first-principles investing to VC—prioritizing incentive design—and publicly championed Bitcoin and crypto infrastructure as early as 2013.
Where does Nick Shalek work?
Nick Shalek is General Partner at Ribbit Capital and Board director at Vouch and Board director at Coalition and Board director at Next Insurance.
What does Nick Shalek invest in?
Nick Shalek invests in Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, InsurTech, SaaS.
What check size does Nick Shalek write?
Nick Shalek typically writes checks of $2M – $15M.
What boards does Nick Shalek sit on?
Nick Shalek holds tracked board seats at Coalition, ForUsAll, Juniper Square, Next Insurance, Root Stockholdings, Settle Inc..
Where did Nick Shalek go to school?
Nick Shalek studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Stanford University School of Education (MA); Yale University (B.A., Economics and Political Science).

Same school

Shared employers