Nicholas Beim |
| General Partner |
| Matrix Partners, Massachusetts |
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United States |
About Nicholas Beim
Mr. Nicholas Beim has invested in a variety of innovative growth companies over the past ten years in his role as a General Partner at Matrix Partners, including the Gilt Groupe, TheLadders.com, OatSystems, Care.com, Conductor and Intent Media. Nichoals Beim has served on the baords of these companies and worked with the founders of these companies from their early days.
Prior to his employment with Matrix Partners, Nicholas Beim served as a Senior Associate of the High Technology Investment Banking Group at Goldman, Sachs & Company. In this function, Nicholas Beim helped technology companies with a range of financing activities as well as mergers and acquisitions. Nicholas Beim has also held positions as an Associate at McKinsey & Company and a Media Project Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Nicholas Beim matriculated at Oxford University, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar. A member of St. Antony’s College rowing team, Nicholas Beim graduated with a Master of Philosophy in International Relations. Nicholas Beim also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Stanford University, where he earn the Rhinelander Award in Philosophy and the Fairclough Award in Classics.
Beyond his professional pursuits, Nicholas Beim serves as a Board Member of Endeavor, an organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Nicholas Beim is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Young Leadership Fellows, the Business Associates Club, and the National Venture Capital Association.
Mr. Nicholas Beim currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Nick Beim: Endeavor
Nick Beim is a board member at Endeavor, which uses High-Impact Entrepreneurship to propel economic development in emerging markets. At present, Endeavor sponsors programs in Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, South Africa, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, and Mexico. The organization is currently working to expand into 25 new markets in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East over the course of the next 10 years. Endeavor chooses to support high-impact entrepreneurs to help build thriving companies, create jobs and help these entrepreneurs to inspire others. After identifying entrepreneurs with high-impact promise, Endeavor supports them with strategic advice and access to capital to enable them to launch their business plans. After Endeavor has helped them realize their entrepreneurial dreams, they are able to give back to the world by inspiring others to similar levels of innovation and achievement, initiating a chain reaction that will speed international development.
96 percent of the companies that have received support from Endeavor since it was established in 1997 continue to operate today. On average, new business ventures in these emerging markets do not last longer than three and a half years but, with the assistance of Endeavor, entrepreneurs are tangibly transforming these developing economies, stabilizing them, and paving the way for further expansion. Endeavor utilizes rigorous search and selection processes to identify the strongest entrepreneurs. As a result of Endeavor’s efforts, over 86,000 jobs have been created, generating $2.51 billion in revenue in 2009 alone. More than 170 academic case studies have been conducted on Endeavor’s entrepreneurs, and almost 3,500 young entrepreneurs in these countries have reported being inspired by Endeavor-backed ventures. Endeavor’s accomplishments have been recognized by the World Economic Forum, World Bank, the Harvard Business School, and the Wall Street Journal.