Nick Adams

Founder

2024 - Current

Venture Partner

2020

Managing Director

2012 - 2020

At AME, we believe people are the key. We strive to find, fund, and support great entrepreneurs. We provide a unique and genuine set of resources to our founding teams, from strong operational and business experience, to networks of amazing mentors and international partners. Our main expertise and interest hinges around the vast opportunities of an increasingly data-centric world, from capture, storage, and value extraction, to thoughtful presentation. AME Cloud Ventures is Jerry Yang's investment arm, and means 'rain' in Japanese.

Board Observer

2013

Board Observer

2013 - 2019

Director for International Business Development

2010 - 2014

• Handled B.D. for a fast growing Chinese startup in the cloud computing and Big Data space, led by Edward Tian (Asia Info, CNC) • Developed partnerships with key foreign and domestic partners, helping develop new product lines and services • Created strategic partnership with a well known Californian startup which successfully launched its China business in Q2 2012.

Developer & Consultant

2006 - 2012

• Part time lead developer and consultant designing and developing web apps for Edinburgh based IT firm in RoR, HTML, CSS • Architected and built fully functional web apps from scratch, including a multifunctional CRM system, and VoIP self service portal.

Founder and CTO

2009 - 2009

• Co-founded SapnaSolutions (now evoleas), a leading Ruby on Rails web & iPhone development company in Pune, India • As CTO was overall responsible for the technology team and product management • Built and hired a team of 15+ developers.

Founder and CTO

2007 - 2009

• Co-founded the online travel tool, EnTrip • Responsible for web app, including design, product management and technical development • On top of technical responsibilities, sourced, trained and managed the core development team of four.