Nicole Beals

Nicole Beals currently serves as a Venture Fellow at Laconia, engaging in investment processes and collaborating with early-stage founders in a sector-agnostic venture capital environment. Simultaneously, as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Allsmith Growth, Nicole develops go-to-market initiatives for B2B SaaS products, resulting in a significant increase in sales pipelines. Previously, as Co-Founder and COO of Techmate, Nicole played a pivotal role in expanding the company into over 360 cities and achieving profitability while securing funding for growth. Nicole's earlier experience includes serving as the Director of Programming at DOC Institute, where strategic initiatives led to notable revenue growth, and founding The Story Studio, which assisted numerous B2B startups in enhancing their brand identities and achieving substantial customer acquisition. Nicole Beals holds a Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communications degree in Advertising from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.