fnInvestor Session with Marlon Nichols, General Partner of Cross Culture Ventures
Virtual · ZoomFree · Guests welcome
Dial in for an opportunity to chat with Marlon Nichols, GP at Cross Culture Ventures. Cross culture invests in entrepreneurs creating next generation technology and consumer products.
Agenda:
- Intro by Kevin (5 mins)
- Introduction of Featured Guest (25 mins)
- Q&A with Founders
About Cross Culture:
Through our strategic partnership with Atom Factory, we work together to discover, invest in and develop companies that fuel shifts in cultural trends and behaviors within an increasingly diverse global marketplace.
About Marlon:
Marlon Nichols is a general partner at Cross Culture Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm with a focus on cultural investments. Prior to founding Cross Culture Ventures, Nichols was an investment director at Intel Capital. At Intel Capital, Nichols led investments in women and minority-led technology startups through the company’s Diversity Fund. Prior to joining the Diversity Fund, Nichols championed the seed stage investment program for the Ultrabook and Perceptual Computing investment sector. Specifically, he worked closely with the startup ecosystem to source, invest in, and advise early stage high growth technology companies working on new mobile technologies enhanced by novel user experiences and perceptual computing. Some of Nichols’ investments include Afrostream, Incoming Media, LendStreet, LISNR, Mark One (Vessyl), Mayvenn, Mirantis, MongoDB, and Thrive Market.
Nichols started his career in enterprise software, where he successfully led the deployment of many global software and business process improvement initiatives for Fortune 100 enterprises. During his software career he was a member of a three-person team based in London, England that was responsible for the European expansion of Frictionless Commerce. Next, Nichols joined Edgewater Strategy, a boutique consulting firm where he led post-mergers and acquisitions technology integration initiatives for the Blackstone Group’s real-estate division. Later, in the role of principal strategist, he led digital strategy initiatives for media companies such as Warner Music Group and McGraw Hill. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Nichols served as the Lead Fund Manager of Cornell University’s BR Venture Fund, the college’s evergreen venture capital fund.
Nichols is a Kauffman Fellow and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University and an MBA degree from Cornell University, where he was also the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow.
Nichols started his career in enterprise software, where he successfully led the deployment of many global software and business process improvement initiatives for Fortune 100 enterprises. During his software career he was a member of a three-person team based in London, England that was responsible for the European expansion of Frictionless Commerce. Next, Nichols joined Edgewater Strategy, a boutique consulting firm where he led post-mergers and acquisitions technology integration initiatives for the Blackstone Group’s real-estate division. Later, in the role of principal strategist, he led digital strategy initiatives for media companies such as Warner Music Group and McGraw Hill. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Nichols served as the Lead Fund Manager of Cornell University’s BR Venture Fund, the college’s evergreen venture capital fund.
Nichols is a Kauffman Fellow and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University and an MBA degree from Cornell University, where he was also the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow.
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