Nick Plante
General Partner at dLab
Nick Plante
General Partner at dLab
Portland, Maine
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2018 - Current
Early-stage venture capital and resources for startups exploring new frontiers in web3, decentralization, and blockchain technology.
Director
2010
Partner, Director of Technology and Platform
2015 - 2018
Leading platform, technology and R&D efforts at SOSV, using my experience as a product architect, developer and entrepreneur to help companies across the firm's accelerator programs and portfolio: HAX, FOOD-X, IndieBio, and beyond.
Program Director & Partner, URBAN-X
2016 - 2017
URBAN-X is the connected cities accelerator from the people behind MINI and HAX Futures. We invest in and accelerate startups who are focused on intelligent cities, urban hyper-growth, and society-scale challenges.
Advisor
2012 - 2015
HAX is the first mentorship-driven seed funding program designed specifically for hardware startups, makers, and companies exploring the Internet of Things. Based jointly in San Francisco and Shenzhen in order to leverage the supply chain and factory ecosystem in China.
Founding Team
2011 - 2015
Pioneering equity crowd-funding portal. Startup and small business investing for everyone.
Co-founder
2009 - 2011
Mogotest pioneered the practice of Web Consistency Testing, and developed a subscription SaaS product for automatically detecting visual defects across desktop and mobile web browsers.
Partner & Principle Software Architect
2004 - 2009
Designed and developed bespoke web software and end-to-end custom hosting infrastructure for a variety of clients while partnered with various interactive agencies. Also extensive work providing flexible mail hosting infrastructure for vertical industry clients. Developed proprietary spam prevention appliance. Managed remote teams, milestone planning, product design, and client vetting.
Research/Teaching Assistant
2003 - 2004
Research in area of network security, DNS-SEC, and adaptable wireless mesh networks. Designed class and workshop curriculum for NU-CCS's lauded network security class.