Deon Nicholas

Technologist | Entrepreneur | Investor

I am the founder & executive chairman of AI company Forethought, an angel investor, and startup helper.

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Forethought

I am the Founder, President & Executive Chairman of Forethought, the most advanced Agentic AI for Customer Experience.Forethought has raised $115M+ in venture capital, was named to CNBC’s 25 Top Startups for the Enterprise, Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups, and TechCrunch Disrupt Champions.Prior to Forethought, I studied Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (amii) and University of Waterloo, and built data products at Meta, Palantir, Dropbox, and Pure Storage.I've appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, and TechCrunch as an expert in AI agents. I've authored several AI publications and patents.

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Investing

🦄 I am an angel investor in 30+ companies including:
Cognition ($4B), Anthropic ($60B), Neon ($1B), Bluesky ($700M), Pura, Private AI, Granica, Anrok, Matey, Recraft, Forge, and more.I've most commonly co-invested with:
Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, NEA, Village Global, Neo, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Sound Ventures, and SpearheadI'm also a Limited Partner in: Neo, Operator Collective, Sound Ventures, Timespan Ventures, Laude Ventures, Trenches Venture Capital

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COACHING

In addition to my full-time focus at Forethought, I work with and mentor executives and startup founders. Please reach out if your are interested in any of the following services:• Independent Board Member
• Executive Coaching
• Executive Support
• Startup Advising
• Fundraising Strategy
• Angel Investing (incl. syndicates, scouts)

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