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Nick Solaro

General Partner at Drive Capital

Columbus, Ohio

Investor
VC
Founder

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $30,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

Skills

Business Development
Mobile Devices
Venture Capital
Strategy
Start-ups
Emerging Markets
Entrepreneurship
Private Equity
Valuation
Investment Banking
Financial Modeling
Equities
Corporate Finance
Investments
Capital Markets
Corporate Development
Strategic Partnerships
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Strategy

Education

Investments

Passage

Seed

Total Funding: $30M

Thoughtful AI

Seed

Total Funding: $15M

StrongArm Tech

Series B

Total Funding: $50M

SkyWatch

Series B

Total Funding: $28M

Path Robotics

Series B

Total Funding: $160M

ApplyBoard

Series C

Total Funding: $130M

Fast Radius

Series A

Total Funding: $62M

When I Work

Series B

Total Funding: $220M

Hologram

Series A

Total Funding: $72M

Work Experience

Drive Capital

2014

  • General Partner

    2014

    Technology venture capitalist Investments include: Hologram.io When I Work ClusterTruck FastRadius Path Robotics Vecna Robotics Ready Robotics Hallow ApplyBoard LunaSonde SkyWatch StrongArm Thoughtful.ai Cofactor AI Passage Scout

Google

2010 - 2014

  • Global Android Strategic Partnerships

    2010 - 2014

    Android strategic partnerships Co-founder of Android Auto

PetWave Inc.

2007 - 2010

  • Co-Founder

    2007 - 2010

    Technology entrepreneur

Technology Crossover Ventures

2006 - 2007

  • Growth Equity/Venture Capital Investor

    2006 - 2007

    Growth stage venture capital; mobile / wireless, Internet, and tech infrastructure focus

Goldman Sachs

2004 - 2006

  • Equity Research Analyst

    2004 - 2006

    Technology Group

UBS

2003 - 2004

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2003 - 2004

    Global Healthcare Group