Damyan Nikolov

Background

I’ve spent my career as an operator: building brands, running the unglamorous parts, and taking a medical topical products business through to a successful exit. Today I split my time between operating and investing.

What I back

• Stage Pre-seed and seed. Comfortable being early and being wrong.
• Check size $50K to $1M.
• Sectors Consumer and commerce, software, and technically hard products.
• Geography United States.

How I work with founders

I try to be the investor I wanted: fast to a yes or a no, honest about what I don’t know, and available between board updates. No process theater.

If we’ve met and you’re raising, just say so directly – I’d rather read three plain paragraphs than a polished deck.

Send me your pitch

Three plain paragraphs beat a polished deck. Tell me what you’re building, who it’s for, and what you’re raising.

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