Luke Nosek

2017

Managing Partner

2006

Predict market and technology trends, evaluate companies, make investments, help portfolio companies.

Co-founder, VP, Bus Dev, Marketing, Strategy

1998 - 2002

VP Bus Dev Introduced Max Levchin to founding CEO Peter Thiel. Found lead investors for Series A (Peter Thiel), Series B (Nokia Ventures), and Series C (Idealab Capital). VP, Marketing Created P2P payments idea which set PayPal's unique positioning. Acquired 1 million customers in 3 months, achieving market dominant internet payment service VP, Strategy Created and marketed a payment product, "Instant Transfer" that drove the company to profitability. (contributed a majority of the company's profits)

Evangelism

1997 - 1998