Marlon Nichols

Marlon Nichols is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Cross Culture Ventures. He is also a Board Of Director at ShotTracker Inc. Before founding CCV, Marlon was an investment director at Intel Capital, where he completed his Kauffman Fellowship. Prior to his journey into venture capital, Marlon led successful careers in software and strategy consulting in the technology, private equity, media and entertainment sectors. Some of Marlon's biggest investments include Afrostream, Gimlet Media, Hingeto, LendStreet, LISNR, Mark One (Vessyl), Mayvenn, Mirantis, MongoDB, mSurvey, Sidestep, Skurt, and Thrive Market. Marlon earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University and his MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Currently serving on the board of directors for private companies LISNR & Sidestep, he was also recently appointed to the board of directors of the Kauffman Fellows Program. Marlon was named to Silicon Republic's list of 26 venture capital professionals spearheading change in technology investing, was a recipient of Digital Diversity's Innovation & Inclusion Change Agent award, and was named a member of the Registry's 40 under 40 Top Diverse Talent.