Nina Essandoh
InvestorInvestor at Corazon Capital
Chicago, Illinois
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Nina Essandoh is a Principal at By Glover with over a decade of experience in private equity and mezzanine debt investments, primarily across industrials and business services sectors. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and serves as CFO for companies in fintech, neural sensing technology, and hardware. Essandoh is a board member and graduate of Spelman College.
Experience
- By GloverPrincipalcurrent2026 — present
- Private CompanyChief Financial Officercurrent2024 — present
- Corazon CapitalInvestor2022 — 2024
- Baird CapitalVice President2018 — 2021Greater Chicago Area
- RLJ Equity PartnersSenior Associate2012 — 2014Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Vantage CapitalInvestment Analyst2011 — 2012Cape Town, South Africa
- Credit SuisseInvestment Banking Analyst2007 — 2009New York City Metropolitan Area
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration2014 — 2016
- Spelman CollegeBA, Economics2003 — 2007
- Severn School1999 — 2003
Skills & more
Investor RelationsQuantitative AnalyticsInvestment ManagementInvestment StrategiesGrowth CapitalTransaction Advisory ServicesSpecial Situations InvestingBuy-sideDeal StructuringDeal SourcingDeal ExecutionBusiness Relationship Management
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Private EquityFinancial ModelingInvestmentsValuationVenture CapitalCorporate FinanceEmerging MarketsLBOMicrosoft ExcelAnalytical SkillsStrategyFinancial StructuringLanguages Italian · Spanish
From Nina's professional profile.
Colleagues at Corazon Capital
Alison Stillman
Partner at Corazon Capital
Carrie Beach
Head of Operations at Corazon Capital
Christian Rudder
Venture Partner at Corazon Capital
Greg Johnston
Principal at Corazon Capital
Josh Graves
Senior Associate at Corazon Capital
Phil Schwarz
Partner at Corazon Capital
Sam Yagan
Co-Founder and Managing Director at Corazon Capital
Sean Daley
Vice President at Corazon Capital
Network1
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Nina Essandoh work?
- Nina Essandoh is Investor at Corazon Capital.
- What check size does Nina Essandoh write?
- Nina Essandoh typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Spelman College7
Tori OrrSenior Associate at NGP CapitalAlyssa DanielInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALBaheejah CrumbleySenior Investment Associate at Collab CapitalNakeita NormanPartner at CoPeace CapitalChristian McKenzieDirector at Lofty VenturesKayla ContiInvestor at Black Angel Group
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Also attended Severn School1
Shared employers
Also worked at Private Company2
Also worked at Corazon Capital17
Deek VelagandulaPrincipal at Waverley CapitalSam YaganCo-Founder and Managing Director at Corazon CapitalSteve FarshtCo-Founder and Managing Director at Corazon CapitalPhil SchwarzPartner at Corazon CapitalZhou ZangSenior Associate at Corazon CapitalGreg JohnstonPrincipal at Corazon Capital
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Also worked at Baird Capital31
Tom DesmondPartner at Velocity Fintech VenturesAaron RudbergManaging Partner at S2G InvestmentsNicole WalkerSenior Advisor at 2Flo VenturesJohn ReimVice President of Business Development at Baird CapitalGordon PanPresident at Baird CapitalKatie SchoenGlobal Head of Capital Formation at Baird Capital
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