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
- Stanford University - MBA
- University of York - BSc, Economics
- Wellington College, UK
Investments
Personal InvestmentsPartner Investments
Material about Nicole
ArticlesVideosPodcasts