Nicolas Westphal

Nicolas Westphal serves as Managing Director for Private Equity and Growth Equity at Haymaker Growth since 2020, focusing on investments in high-growth technology companies with equity checks ranging from $20 to $200 million. Westphal also contributes as an Investing Advisor at Decisive Leap and holds investor advisory roles in multiple firms, including BlueVoyant, FLYR Labs, AlphaSense, Dataminr, and Clair. Previous experience includes serving as a Special Advisor at REEF and being an Investor and Board Member at AvidXchange, Inc. and Lightspeed Commerce, both of which exited through IPOs. Westphal's educational background includes a Master of Science in Technology and Public Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mathematics from École Polytechnique.