Brit abroad.
Builder at heart.
From Armenia to Alaska, Boulder to Tacoma — 20 years of founder scars, accelerator networks, and the kind of experience that only comes from actually doing the thing.
Brit abroad.
Builder at heart.
King's College London engineer. Mechanical by training, entrepreneurial by nature. Nigel left the UK to chase ideas — and hasn't really stopped since.
From Armenia to Alaska, Boulder to Tacoma — co-founder of 3 companies, sitting in the CEO and COO chairs in all of them. He's run incubators, been Entrepreneur in Residence at multiple universities, and now sits on the board of GEN Space, championing the next wave of astropreneurs.
He's also the guy who'll tell you what you need to hear — not what you want to hear. Armed with post-it notes, a whiteboard, and an uncanny ability to spot the real problem hiding behind the one you think you have. Now serving up entrepreneurial education as the Head of Platform at Venture Mechanics, Seattle.
20 years.
Still going.
Not a straight line. More of a very enthusiastic zigzag across six countries and a dozen industries.
King's College London
BEng Mechanical Engineering → MSc Digital Technology & Management
The foundation. Engineering by training, entrepreneur by instinct. The Lion's Den competition planted the seed — a floor-sphere concept that never shipped but sparked everything. King's gave Nigel the technical rigour and the entrepreneurial itch in equal measure.
TUMO Center for Creative Technologies
Armenia · Large-scale social enterprise · Technology education at scale
From London to Yerevan. TUMO is one of the world's most ambitious social enterprises in education technology — a free after-school programme reaching tens of thousands of young people across Armenia and beyond. Nigel's first real taste of building something that genuinely mattered at scale.
Co-founded Lionsharp Inc.
Voiceboard solution · Multiple countries · Deep learning curve
LionSharp's voiceboard solution took Nigel across six countries. No exit, but a masterclass in international product development, customer discovery, and the realities of early-stage founder life. 2nd place at Betapitch Sofia. Most Creative Startup in Armenia at SeedStars Yerevan 2014. The scars were worth it.
Global EIR — CU Boulder
Entrepreneur in Residence · IdeaForge · New Venture Challenge · Big Five Impacts
Moved to Colorado and became Global Entrepreneur in Residence at CU Boulder. Worked with startups through IdeaForge and the New Venture Challenge. Helped grow impact programmes including the Big Five Impacts programme and broader social entrepreneurship work across the community.
Co-founded Stateless Inc.
Network function virtualisation · CatalyzeCU · Techstars Boulder · NSF i-Corps
Stateless tackled network function virtualisation and hyperscale data centre improvement. Went through the CatalyzeCU Accelerator at CU Boulder, then Techstars Boulder — one of the world's top programmes. NSF i-Corps awarded $50K after 100+ customer interviews face-to-face across the US in 3 months.
Techstars Boulder
Investment + $20K grant · The accelerator that accelerated everything
One of the most rigorous 13 weeks in startup land. Techstars Boulder cohort — the network, the mentors, the scars, all invaluable. Came with both investment and time, working alongside a cohort through a world-class programme. Mentorship became a two-way street from here on.
Global EIR — Alaska
OTIS · Growspace Catalyzer · Ideator · Lean Startup · Google Design Sprints · 450+ startups
Became the Global Entrepreneur in Residence in Alaska — running Lean Startup, Google Design Sprints, and Design Thinking programmes statewide. Ran the OTIS programme (blue economy), the Growspace Catalyzer, and helped the ecosystem adopt Ideator. Covered healthcare, renewable energy, defence, and deep tech. 450+ startups mentored. Nearly 8,000 pitches heard. Honoured by the Alaska State Legislature for mentoring and ecosystem development.
Co-founded Aquagga
PFAS water remediation · Hardware · Environmental cleanup · #EndingPFAS
Clean water shouldn't be a luxury. Co-founded Aquagga to tackle PFAS contamination — one of the most persistent environmental challenges of our time. Building in the hardware environmental remediation space, developing technology to destroy forever chemicals at source.
GEN Space Board Member
Global Entrepreneurship Network Space · Championing astropreneurs worldwide
Because the next frontier deserves its own startup ecosystem. Board member of GEN Space — connecting space entrepreneurs with the resources, networks, and mentorship to build what's next beyond the atmosphere.
Dolphin Labs
Fractional executive · Wave-powered edge computing · Operational capacity building
Engaged in a fractional executive capacity helping Dolphin Labs — a hardware company in the wave-powered edge computing space — build internal operational capacity. Helped grow the company from three co-founders to a structured organisation with dedicated operations, marketing, and engineering departments.
Head of Platform — Venture Mechanics
Seattle · Founder coaching · Fractional executive · Telling you what you need to hear
All roads lead here. Now Head of Platform at Venture Mechanics in Seattle — distilling 20 years of founder scars into direct, candid coaching for the people building what's next. Post-it notes. Whiteboards. Honest conversations. The whole toolkit.
Life's too short
for one industry.
Travel. Ocean. Space. Climate. Education. Community. Nigel doesn't do narrow. The breadth of experience is the point — it's what makes the coaching sharp.
Permission
to Pause.
After nearly 15 years in startups and 10 years in the US, Nigel gave himself something rare: a six-month pause. No agenda. No deliverables. Just space.
He walked his daughter to school. Deepened friendships. Tried somatic therapy. Rode a cable car in San Francisco with a new friend. Went welding. Joined a choir. Admired a bonsai tree older than him.
For someone with a mind that thrives on momentum (being a little ADHD certainly doesn't help), slowing down was both a challenge and a revelation. The lesson? Pausing doesn't mean falling behind — it means recalibrating for what's next.
And then, in the middle of the pause, something unexpected happened. His daughter Victoria had an idea. Rubber ducks. A business. A pitch. They entered the City of Kirkland Business Pitch Competition together — and won. $5,000. First place. Duck shirts and all.
Ready to work with someone who's been in the room?
20 years of founder scars. Direct, candid coaching. No fluff.