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Nilton Serva

Enigma · DISC type icd
President at VC Unleashed
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

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.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
President
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Nilton shows up

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.

Priorities

Topics Nilton cares 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.
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Career

Work history

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

Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
UCLA
2022 - 2023
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UCLA Anderson School of Management
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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