Nick Kim

Partner at Upfront Ventures

Speaker

Nick is a partner on the early-stage investing team. Prior to joining Upfront, Nick was a principal at Crosscut Ventures, leading seed investments in enterprise, vertical software, and digital health companies. Before Crosscut, Nick was an early employee at Warby Parker, where he was the general manager of the Home Try-On business. Nick also served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Human Ventures and as an investor with the Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital’s student-run investment fund.

Nick was born and raised in Santa Monica, and returned home in 2018 after nearly a decade in New York. He graduated with a degree in economics from UC Berkeley and earned his MBA from The Wharton School. Nick is a CFA Charterholder and a trained executive coach