Adam Nelson is a Partner at FirstMark, investing in fintech and vertical software. He previously invested at Social Capital and South Park Commons after working at Twitter and building Dropbox’s partner network and revenue partnerships teams.

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Adam Nelson is a Partner at FirstMark, investing in fintech and vertical software. He previously invested at Social Capital and South Park Commons after working at Twitter and building Dropbox’s partner network and revenue partnerships teams.

Career

Adam Nelson holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Brown University.

Partner at FirstMark Capital from 2019-07 to Present
Venture Partner at South Park Commons from 2019-02 to 2019-08
Board Partner at Social Capital from 2018-10 to 2019-07
Head of Revenue Partnerships (Director) at Dropbox from 2015-01 to 2015-11
Business Development Intern at Twitter from 2011-07 to 2011-09
Investment Associate at Lindsay Goldberg from 2008 to 2010

Investing Announcements

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A Market for Intelligence: Why We Co-Led Liquid Compute’s $15M Seed

A framework for compute benchmarks, perishable capacity and the financing risks a compute market must solve.

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Negative CAC & The Next Generation of Fintech

How software fees can fund customer acquisition and let vertical platforms build financial services into existing workflows.

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From Busywork to Business: Why We Led Henry’s Series A

Why AI that completes work changed his view of commercial real estate software, with a focus on customer time and buying decisions.

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