Our Team
Investing Team
Vlad is the Founder and Managing Partner of Nexa Equity. Vlad is Chairman of the Board of Autura, Vendara, Leap, Storewise, Easy Metrics and sits on the board of Hometown.
Prior to founding Nexa, Vlad was a Managing Director at Greater Sum Ventures. Before that Vlad spent time at both Thomo Bravo and Insight Partner. Vlad started his career as an investment banker at JP Morgan and Citigroup
Vlad lives in Marin County outside San Francisco with his wife, son, and dog and is an avid snowboarder.
Todd is a Partner at Nexa Equity. Todd focuses on vertical-specific application software and healthcare and is responsible for executing transactions and portfolio management post-close. Todd sits on the board of Vendara and Hometown Ticketing
Prior to joining Nexa Equity, Todd was Vice President of Strategy at Ubiquiti, Inc. Before that, Todd was an investor at Insight Partners and management consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Todd and his wife split their time between San Francisco and Philadelphia, although Todd’s sports loyalties continue to lie solely with Philly-based sports teams.
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Joey is a Partner at Nexa Equity. Joey focuses on application software and fintech and is responsible for executing transactions and portfolio management post-close. Joey sits on the board of Autura, Leap, Storewise, and Easy Metrics.
Prior to joining Nexa Equity, Joey was a Vice President at Luminate Capital Partners where he focused on growth buyouts in application software companies. Before that, Joey was a technology investment banker at Arbor Advisors and a management consultant at Waterstone Management Group.
Joey lives in San Francisco and enjoys skiing and traveling with his family and friends.
Katie is a Senior Investment Associate at Nexa Equity. Katie focuses on vertical-specific application software and fintech and is responsible for sourcing and executing transactions.
Prior to joining Nexa Equity, Katie was a consultant at AlphaSights, a global leader in knowledge on-demand services.
Katie lives in San Francisco but can be found in Tahoe most weekends during ski season.
Doug is an Senior Associate at Nexa Equity. Doug focuses on vertical-specific application software and fintech and is responsible for sourcing and executing transactions.
Prior to joining Nexa Equity, Doug was a Project Manager at Guidepoint, a leading primary market research firm for institutional investors.
Doug lives in San Francisco but is an avid supporter of his hometown New York sports teams.
Miles is an Investment Associate at Nexa Equity. Miles focuses on vertical-specific application software and fintech and is responsible for sourcing and executing transactions.
Prior to joining Nexa Equity, Miles was an Associate at PEAK Technology Partners, a boutique investment bank specializing in technology.
Miles lives in San Francisco and enjoys snowboarding as well as cheering on his hometown Indiana Hoosiers.
Brendan is an analyst at Nexa Equity. Brendan focuses on vertical-specific application software and is responsible for sourcing and thesis building
Prior to joining Nexa, Brendan was an analyst at Northland Investment Corporation, a leading real estate private equity firm based in Boston, MA.
Brendan lives in San Francisco where he spends his free time playing golf and supporting his hometown Boston sports teams.
operating team
Fariha is the Chief Financial Officer at Nexa Equity.
Prior to her role at Nexa Equity, Fariha was VP of Finance at HGGC, a private equity firms based out of Palo Alto California
Traci is a dedicated full-time Operating Partner at Nexa and sits on the board of Vendara, Leap, Easy Metrics, and Autura.
Prior to Nexa, Traci was an Operating Partner at The Riverside Company and CEO of Brightbytes, the leading fully managed data and analytics platform for education
Drew is a dedicated full-time Operating Partner at Nexa focused on Go-To-Market
Prior to Nexa, Drew was an Operating Partner at LLR Partners and Riverside Company.
Dave is an independent board member and operating advisor focused on helping software executives at public and private equity-backed companies drive value creation initiatives. He was formerly an executive leader at 3 top-tier enterprise software companies with $1B+ in revenue – Hyperion, Informatica & Blue Yonderr.
Earlier in his career, Dave was a private equity investor at Thayer Capital Partners and Atlas Ventures, and he began his career in investment banking at Robertson Stephens & Co.
In addition to Easy Metrics, Dave serves on the boards of Blue Ridge Solutions and OpsHub.
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Jason sits on the board of Leap and advises the company on AI related matters.
Jason is a cofounder of Synopsis. Synopsis is a software company providing a master data management platform that helps businesses unify, integrate, and analyze their data.
Prior to Synopsis, Jason was the cofounder and CEO of Buildout. Buildout is the industry leading software platform for managing commercial real estate brokerage operations.
Jason lives in Chicago with his family and enjoys woodworking, drawing, and playing video games.
Ossa is an Operating Partner at Nexa and sits on the board of Hometown Ticketing.
In addition to her role at Nexa Equity, Ossa is the President of Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR), a leading autonomous vehicle company. Prior to that, Ossa was the President & COO at Istation an EdTech company based in Dallas, SVP of Strategy at Match.com and a Partner at Bain & Company.
Operating partners assist Nexa Equity with its operational due diligence, provide transactional support for prospective and consummated transactions and assist with Nexa Equity’s post-closing operating and other initiatives for portfolio companies. Operating partners are not employees of Nexa Equity, but are third-party consultants compensated separately.
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