Bob Nicholson

Bob holds an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar; and a BA, cum laude, with Honors in economics, from Williams College. He is active as an associate class agent for the Williams Alumni Society and with Pledge 1%.  

Bob has more than twenty years of investing and operating experience in Internet, software, fintech and technology-enabled services companies.  He was an early General Partner at Spectrum Equity, helping the firm grow to over $4B of capital across five private equity funds.  He has served as a board member/observer for over a dozen companies and has extensive operational experience working alongside portfolio executives.  He has also been an entrepreneur, building an alternative asset manager from “white board” to a strategic deal with BNY Mellon.   He is currently the President at Appfire, an enterprise software company with over $200 million in ARR and is active as an investor and advisor to both early and growth stage private companies.

Bob is a member of the Charter Class of fellows and served his fellowship under mentor Bill Collatos at Spectrum Equity Investors in Boston.