Nikau White

Principal at Brightwater Partners · venture capital, brands

Brightwater Partners

Melbourne, Australia · AEST (UTC+10)

6+ years experience

Ateneo de Manila University

English

Investing

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Overview

I invest in consumer at Brightwater Partners, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 53 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 9 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later. Previously at VNG. I tinker with 3D printers.

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Founders building in consumer
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Second opinions on venture capital decisions

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marketplacesventure capitalbrands

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into pre-seed consumer in Southeast Asia

Cheque size: $1M
Stages: Seed
Sectors: Consumer
Geographies: LatAm
Lead or follow: Lead
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: Intros to operators in our network

Typically lead or co-lead. We reply to every founder.

Melbourne, Australia · remote OKventure capitalbrandsmarketplaces

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Experience

Principal
Mar 2024 - Present
Brightwater Partners · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
- Led or co-led 15 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later.
- Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
Enterprise Account Executive
Nov 2020 - Mar 2024
VNG · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
- Opened 5 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.

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Education

Ateneo de Manila University
BS, Computer Science
2015 - 2019

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