Nicholas Shekerdemian

Founding Partner

2019 - Current

TVC is a transformational, early-stage venture firm backed by world class entrepreneurs and business leaders. Led by a seasoned team of venture investors, ex-founders, and investment management executives, we invest our capital, time, and network into highly defensible, fast-growing companies with the potential to solve the world’s largest problems. Our strategy is grounded on writing high conviction checks at Pre-Seed and Seed with healthy follow-on reserves through Series A; demonstrating deep value to enable increased ownership over time. Our experienced team is headquartered in New York City and London, but we are excited to meet founders from around the world with a strong preference for diverse founding teams. At its core, we believe that diversity is not only good for business, but great for financial returns.

Board Member

2021

$330M SPAC I merged with Intuitive Machines (LUNR). $250M SPAC II in market trading under IPXX.

Angel Investor

2016

Investor in 60+ companies, including HelixNano, Axiom Space, Builder.ai, Intuitive Machines, Universal Quantum, Audius, Chingari, Dirtea, SparkNeuro, Zebec, Radix, ATAI Life Sciences, Infogrid, Lynk, Epoch BioDesign, Wild Earth, Gravitics, Bridgelinx, Snafu Records, Radian Aerospace, Riboscience, Verse, Exabits, Pangea Botanica, Gunzilla, and One.five.

Member of the Foundation Board

2021

North American Sub-Committee Member for the Lucy Cavendish College (Cambridge University) Foundation Board - supporting the college in their development and fundraising efforts, including the search for a major donor for the re-founding and re-naming of the college.

Thiel Fellow

2017

The Thiel fellowship was founded by billionaire and Paypal founder Peter Thiel to empower individuals under 23 y/o who have distinguished themselves in business, science or social causes. The fellowship consists of a $100,000 USD grant given to the individual. With an acceptance rate well below 1%, the fellowship is considered more competitive than the US's top colleges. To date, companies created by Thiel Fellows are together worth more than $250 billion.

Forbes 30 Under 30

2018

Forbes U30 Europe Board Member

2019 - 2021

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

2015 - 2023

AI recruiting software used by Fortune 500 companies to automatically evaluate job candidates at scale without the bias and subjectivity. Used over the years by the likes of Accenture, Vodafone, BP, L'Oreal, The FCA, Expedia and Lazard.

Delta Air Lines U30 Advisory Board Member

2019 - 2021

Advisor

2020 - 2020

Member of the Education Advisory Board for UNTIL.

Startup School Advisor

2018 - 2020