Where does Nicole Johnson work?

Nicole Johnson is Partner at Forerunner Ventures and Board director at TapStitch.

What does Nicole Johnson invest in?

Nicole Johnson invests in Consumer, E-commerce, Fintech, Healthtech, Social.

What check size does Nicole Johnson write?

Nicole Johnson typically writes checks of $250K – $15M.

Where did Nicole Johnson go to school?

Nicole Johnson studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology); Buckingham Browne & Nichols School.

Nicole Johnson

Investor

Partner at Forerunner Ventures · Board director at TapStitch

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $15M checks · typically $375K

30 Under 30 2016 · Venture Capital

About

Nicole Johnson is a consumer-psychology specialist who guides investing and portfolio strategy by anticipating where consumers are headed, prioritizing founder magnetism and second-order market insights over mere execution narratives.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

n•••@forerunnerventures.comreveal

Invests in

ConsumerE-commerceFintechHealthtechSocial

Board director at TapStitch

Intro paths

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In turn, Nicole can intro founders to TapStitch's investors below.

TapStitch's investors · 6

Alpaca VCNew York · $500K – $1.3M checks · since 2025 Corigin Venturessince 2025 Creator VenturesLondon · $200K – $2.5M checks · since 2025 Forerunner VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025 irrvrntVCSeattle · $10K checks · since 2025 RiverPark VenturesNew York · $500K – $1M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at TapStitch

Yuan ZhouExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Joe ZhouFounder

Experience

ForerunnerPartnercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
SapientNitroJunior Associate, Strategy2012 — 2013Boston, MA

Skills & more

Strategic Planning11Investments3Consumer Behavior2E-Commerce2Marketing Communications11Market Research31Strategic Communications9Digital Marketing22eCommerce7Volunteer Management5E-commerce15Venture Capital34

+2 more

Start-upsEntrepreneurship

From Nicole's professional profile.

Colleagues at Forerunner Ventures

Alex Brussell

Principal at Forerunner Ventures

Brian O'Malley

Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures

Eurie Kim

Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures

Fawzi Itani

Principal at Forerunner Ventures

Jason Bornstein

Partner at Forerunner Ventures

Kirsten Green

Founder and Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures

Priyanka Suri

Investor at Forerunner Ventures

Network4

Brian O'Malley

Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures

Eurie Kim

Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures

Evan Tana

General Partner at West Ventures

Fawzi Itani

Principal at Forerunner Ventures

Investors connected to Nicole in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nicole Johnson?: Nicole Johnson is a consumer-psychology specialist who guides investing and portfolio strategy by anticipating where consumers are headed, prioritizing founder magnetism and second-order market insights over mere execution narratives.
Where does Nicole Johnson work?: Nicole Johnson is Partner at Forerunner Ventures and Board director at TapStitch.
What does Nicole Johnson invest in?: Nicole Johnson invests in Consumer, E-commerce, Fintech, Healthtech, Social.
What check size does Nicole Johnson write?: Nicole Johnson typically writes checks of $250K – $15M.
Where did Nicole Johnson go to school?: Nicole Johnson studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology); Buckingham Browne & Nichols School.