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Hey, I’m

Brian Nichols

Started two businesses right after getting my Master’s from USC -- DateSimply (R.I.P.) and
RewardTag.com. I learned the hard way through DateSimply that some acquisition offers should
be accepted. I took that lesson to heart and after distributing 1M+ RewardTag units, sold it to one
of our clients.

Ran the CA Markets for Lyft starting in 2014 which accounted for 50% of all Lyft rides at the time.
I left in 2017 to work on the future of autonomous transportation at Zoox and later took a
five-person team from Seed through its Series A and eventual acquisition at BlackBird.

Founded the Lyft Syndicate with Ann Miura-Ko, learned the ropes from First Round Capital’s
Angel Track and Ann Miura-Ko’s Angel Academy and grew the Lyft syndicate to 100+ of Lyft’s
earliest employees who have invested $1.2M+ in primarily Seed stage deals together.

I became the go-to guy for big tech company alumni communities (more here) and helped early
leaders from Airbnb and Pinterest start their own syndicates. We co-syndicate deals regularly.

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s connecting the right people to each other. This is why I joined
the team at On Deck. On Deck is a community for founders on day zero of their journey, and I’m
responsible for helping them think through their fundraising strategy.

Investment

AdQuick is a platform that makes it easy to book and measure outdoor advertising campaigns.

lead:

Initial Capital

round invested:

Series A

Other co-investors include: Hustle Fund, Homebrew, Todd and Rahul Angel Fund, Worklife VC, Max Levchin, Stacy Philpot, Scott Belsky, Geoff Donaker, Lenny Rachitsky, Jeff Chang Geoff Donaker, Lenny Rachitsky, Jeff Chang

Testimonials

Something about intros /
feed back on deck gearing
him up for a successful
fundraise”................”

Ben Huffman, Founder Contra contra.com

Something about intros
after fundraising / thinking
about scaling team for a
marketplace

Michael Lai, Founder Tinycare tinycare.co

My Network

I believe that founders deserve to be rewarded for their courage and ambition to take the plunge.

If you inspire me with your mission, I will be helpful from day zero of your journey
and will leverage my network to guide you.

I currently invest primarily in Seed deals after they’ve found a lead investor,
but am happy to engage and add value before then.

I help with intros to:

Investors

World class angel investors and VCs
at tier one venture funds.

Advisiors

A curated list of the best
Advisors from each sector.

Operators

World-class operators across
all industries and stages.

Lyft Syndicate Talent

Amit Patel
Amit Patel

Director of Emerging BD at
Lyft. Angel investor.
Advisor.

Amit Patel
Ann Ferracane

Formerly Director, Growth
East Coast and GM of New
York at Lyft

Amit Patel
Eric Burdullis

VP of Customer Experience
and Trust at Lyft. Developed
custome

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