Nilton Serva

Enigma
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President at VC Unleashed

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Nilton Serva leads sales and business development for embedded payments at Finix and serves as the President of VC Unleashed, a community for underrepresented venture capitalists. A graduate of UCLA, he has a background as a founder and has presented research at Stanford on funding for Latinx entrepreneurs.

Nilton is passionate about personal transformation and entrepreneurship, a journey that took him from youth incarceration to becoming a proud UCLA Bruin. He actively supports startups through angel investments in companies like Beehiiv and Zette, and dedicates his time to fostering opportunities for underrepresented founders and investors.

He is a TEDx speaker and has shared his powerful story of transformation on multiple platforms.

Personality Overview

Fast Follower

Persuasive & Assertive

Hard To Convince

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Embedded Payments
Leads business development at Finix, focusing on payments infrastructure for scaling platforms, including a recent emphasis on mobile checkout solutions.
Venture Capital Diversity
As President of VC Unleashed, he is leading a community built to support and elevate underrepresented individuals in the venture capital industry.
Gaming Industry Payments
His recent work involves providing payments infrastructure solutions to gaming operators in the U. S. and Canada, a key focus of his outreach.

Media Appearances

Nilton has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2026
President at VC Unleashed
1-2026
Sales & Business Development - ISV at Finix
10-2024 - 2-2025
Venture Associate at Angeles Investors
9-2024 - 1-2026
Sales Development at Shopmonkey
6-2024 - 11-2024
Venture Fellow at VC University

Education

Bachelor of Arts - BA from UCLA
2022 - 2023
Education details unavailable from UCLA Anderson School of Management

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Insights For Selling To Nilton

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use a combination of data as well as stories for your pitch, a ppt might not be necessary
  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Let them lead the discussion, create opportunities for them to speak if they are not very forthcoming

DONT's

  • Avoid making offhand commitments, understand the root of their concerns first
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nilton is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nilton

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nilton move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Nilton take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Nilton

Personality Compatibility


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