Nicole Quinn

Nicole Quinn

General Partner at Lightspeed

Bio


Nicole is an investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners, focused on early stage Consumer internet and FinTech companies, having invested in companies such as Calm, Cameo, Lunchclub, Real, Multiverse, HAUS, Rothy’s, Zola, Daily Harvest, Illumix, Girlboss and Goop.

Nicole spent nearly a decade at Morgan Stanley covering the European and US e-commerce, retail and consumer companies. She also angel invested in healthcare and consumer companies over those years and then went to Nutmeg, a London based FinTech company. Later during business school, Nicole launched her own startup, which is where she met Lightspeed.

Nicole invests in generational change companies who are building brands and quickly becoming part of popular culture.

She holds a degree in math and economics from the University of York, England and an MBA from Stanford.

Key Quotes


“I don't want to just invest in the bubble of Silicon Valley. I want to listen to the core customer, and keep my eyes and ears open to new ideas.”

Career


Head of US Consumer Research Sales

Morgan Stanley

2013 - 2014

Global Equity Sales

Morgan Stanley

2011 - 2013

EU Retail & eCom Research Sales

Morgan Stanley

2006 - 2011

Marketing, Fundraising & Strategy

Nutmeg

2014 - 2014

Business Development

Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator

2015 - 2015

Partner

Ramco VC

2011 - 2015

Seed Investor

Pear VC

2014 - 2015

Investor

Illumix

2017 - Present

Board Member

Girlboss

2017 - Present

Board Observer

Goop.com

2017 - Present

Board Member

HAUS LABORATORIES

2018 - Present

Board Observer

Zola.com

2016 - Present

Board Observer

Rothy's

2017 - Present

Board Observer

Multiverse

2018 - Present

Board Member

Lunchclub

2020 - Present

Board Member

Real

2020 - Present

Board Member

Calm

2019 - Present

Board Member

Cameo

2018 - Present

General Partner

Lightspeed Venture Partners

2015 - Present

Background


Education
  • Stanford University - MBA
  • University of York - BSc, Economics
  • Wellington College, UK
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