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Alex Nichols

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General Partner at CapitalG
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Alex Nichols is a General Partner at CapitalG, where he leads investments in application software, consumer products, and energy infrastructure. A graduate of the University of Chicago with prior experience at Goldman Sachs, he focuses on companies reinventing legacy industries.

He is a public proponent of software "rebundling, " believing the next generation of business software will be defined by tightly integrated suites that offer superior value over individual point solutions.

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Current Role
General Partner
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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B2B Business Identity
Invested in Duna to solve the "massive hidden tax on the B2B economy" and build the internet's missing infrastructure for business identity.
Software "Rebundling"
He co-authored an article on his thesis that the market is shifting from niche apps back to integrated software suites like Odoo and Rippling.
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Career

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General Partner
CapitalG
Board Observer
Whatnot
Investor
Stripe
Board Observer
Odoo
Investor
Tebi
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Media appearances

Celebrating CapitalG's Newest General Partners: Jill Chase and Alex Nichols. Featured in CapitalG Insights
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Exclusive: Alphabet's CapitalG names Jill Chase and Alex Nichols as general partners. Featured in Fortune
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University of Chicago
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