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Multi-Stage Venture Platform

Partnering with investors and innovators through fund commitments, direct investments, and secondary transactions across the life cycle of private technology companies.

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Venture Funds

Partnering with emerging
seed and early stage
venture managers.

Growth

Investing in breakout
companies with proven traction
for expansion.

Secondaries

Acquiring stakes in late
stage market leaders through
secondary transactions.

Comprehensive Investment
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Venture Funds

Partnering with emerging
seed and early stage
venture managers.

Growth

Investing in breakout
companies with proven traction
for expansion.

Secondaries

Acquiring stakes in late
stage market leaders through
secondary transactions.

Platform Breadth

Our extensive platform provides insights, access and synergies to our investors, partner funds and portfolio companies

50+

Direct Investments

2200+

Network Companies

75+

Partner Funds

150+

General Partners

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  • Flex Capital
  • Floating Point
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  • Mashgin
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Expertise, Experience & Vision

Our team brings decades of combined experience, deep industry knowledge, and a shared vision for driving innovation and success.

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John Burbank
John Burbank
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John Burbank

John Burbank

Partner, Founder

John has been investing in early-stage fund managers for the past decade and as a long-time macro investor has consistently focused on sectors and investments where technology can be particularly disruptive and accelerate change. John founded Passport Capital in 2000 and several members of the Nimble Team join him from that predecessor. John holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Duke University.

Ken Wallace
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Ken Wallace

Ken Wallace

Partner

Ken has 16 years of venture capital experience and was previously the managing director and investment committee member of VC firm Industry Ventures where he specialized in hybrid fund-of-funds strategy, originating, valuing and managing primary fund commitments, early secondary LP investments, and direct co-investments. Ken holds an MBA from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a BA from Wake Forest University.

Sumeet Jain
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Sumeet Jain

Sumeet Jain

Partner

Sumeet has over 16 years of venture capital, growth, and secondary investing experience. He was previously a Managing Partner, specializing in secondary investing, at OnePrime Capital. He also served as a General Partner of LUMA Capital Partners, a Director at Intel Capital, and a Partner at Presidio Partners. Previously, Sumeet was with Goldman Sachs & Co. in its investment banking division. Sumeet has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Julie Kim
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Julie Kim

Julie Kim

Partner, General Counsel

Julie has been a legal advisor to leading institutional managers on transactions, formations, SPVs, co-investments and JVs since 2007. She joined Passport in 2011 and serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Nimble. Julie started her legal career at Davis Polk and earned her law degree from Cornell Law School and a BA from Cornell University.

Seth Spalding
Seth Spalding
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Seth Spalding

Seth Spalding

Partner

Seth has been a technology investor since 1997, having joined Passport in 2004 as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to Passport, Seth was a VP at Goldman Sachs in technology research. He has decades-long  track record spanning both private and public tech cycles. Seth holds an BA from Stanford University.

Murat Erdem
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Murat Erdem

Murat Erdem

Associate, Investments

A graduate of Babson College’s entrepreneurship program, Murat has built strong global relationships across startups and the VC industry and focuses his time on investment and portfolio analysis. Murat aims to serve as a bridge between Europe and Silicon Valley.

Michelle Ruggeri
Michelle Ruggeri
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Michelle Ruggeri

Michelle Ruggeri

CFO

Michelle joined Nimble in 2020, bringing with her over 15 years of experience in alternative assets, tax and accounting. She is responsible for financial operations and fund reporting and comes to Nimble with significant experience from large asset managers such as Farallon and Sumeru Equity Partners. She earned a BS from Santa Clara University.

Erikka Marchiano
Erikka Marchiano
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Erikka Marchiano

Erikka Marchiano

Controller

Erikka began her career in investment accounting in 2006. She has worked on a variety of fund structures such as SPVs, FOFs, co-investments, private equity, and hedge funds. She joined Passport in 2010 and currently serves as the Nimble Controller. Erikka earned her economics degree from California State University.

Shea Sweeney
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Shea Sweeney

Shea Sweeney

Executive Assistant

As a member of the Firm’s team since 2018, Shea is responsible for office management, vendor coordination and scheduling, as well as a wide variety of special projects. Shea attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she earned a BS in Biology.

Julia Purcell
Julia Purcell
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Julia Purcell

Julia Purcell

Accounting Manager

Julia joined Nimble in 2023 as the accounting manager, supporting the controller and CFO with fund operations and financial reporting. She spent the first four years of her career at Deloitte, specializing in tax compliance for both private equity and private wealth clients. She later transitioned to venture capital fund administration, where she spent three years overseeing investment reporting, fund operations, and investor relations for multiple well-established VC funds. She received her degree in business management economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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