Tom Brown
InvestorPartner and General Counsel at Nyca Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $1M
About
Tom Brown leverages 25 years of fintech legal and antitrust expertise— including architecting Visa’s reorganization and IPO—to offer operator-level insight on legal decisions that determine fintech scale and survival.
Invests in
Fintech
Experience
- Paul HastingsSenior Counselcurrent2025 — present
- Paul HastingsPolicy Advisor2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Paul HastingsPartner2012 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Nyca PartnersBoard Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Nyca PartnersPartner and General Counsel2021 — 2025
- University of CaliforniaAdjunct Professor2008 — 2016
- O'Melveny & MyersPartner2006 — 2012
- Visa USAVice President2004 — 2006
- Heller EhrmanPartner1996 — 2004
- Hon. Diane P. WoodLaw Clerk1995 — 1996
Education
- Columbia UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.
Skills & more
Business Strategy15Consumer Law24Litigation22Intellectual Property22Privacy Law12Courts27Antitrust Law4Appeals26Competition Law39Legal Writing10Policy8Commercial Litigation11
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Colleagues at Nyca Partners
Agastya Gupta
Senior Associate at Nyca Partners
Celine Diagne
Office Manager & Executive Assistant at Nyca Partners
David Sica
Principal at Nyca Partners
Deanna Gavaris
Associate at Nyca Partners
Duncan King
Head of Investor & Public Relations at Nyca Partners
Greta Sacre
Head of Finance & Operations at Nyca Partners
Hans Morris
Managing Partner at Nyca Partners
Ian Steren
Associate at Nyca Partners
Network2
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tom Brown work?
- Tom Brown is Partner and General Counsel at Nyca Partners.
- What does Tom Brown invest in?
- Tom Brown invests in Fintech.
- What check size does Tom Brown write?
- Tom Brown typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
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Also attended University of Chicago Law School25
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Shared employers
Also worked at Paul Hastings3
Also worked at Nyca Partners18
Hans MorrisManaging Partner at Nyca PartnersRavi MohanPartner and COO at Nyca PartnersJasleen KaurPrincipal at Nyca PartnersStephanie KhooPartner at Nyca PartnersAgastya GuptaSenior Associate at Nyca PartnersJeffrey ReitmanGeneral Partner at Canapi Ventures
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Also worked at University of California14
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