Venture Guides
Benjamin Nye is a seasoned venture capital investor and executive with extensive experience across multiple sectors. Currently serving as a Venture Guide and Managing Partner at Venture Guides since January 2023, Nye has contributed to an investment firm notable for its high success rates in achieving positive returns and unicorn status among portfolio companies. Previously, as Senior Advisor and former Co-Managing Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, Nye established a leading practice in infrastructure investing and earned multiple recognitions on Forbes' Midas List. Nye served as CEO of Turbonomic, which gained acclaim as a prominent technology company, and held significant roles at Veritas Technologies and Precise Software Services, where important milestones such as IPOs were achieved. Earlier experience includes leadership positions at Allied Capital Corp, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and consulting at Mercer Management Consulting, complemented by an educational background featuring an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard University.
Venture Guides
Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure software investment firm with a unique team based approach that has resulted in over 80% of portfolio companies generating positive returns and 45% ultimately achieving unicorn status. The Venture Guides team has been recognized on the Forbes’ Midas List of the World’s Top Investors and the Inc5000 fastest growing private companies 6 times each. During this time, as operators and investors, the team has created and/or invested in such durable companies as dynaTrace, Docusign, LinkedIn, Rapid7, Solarwinds, Sysdig, Turbonomic, Archer Technologies, and many others. Venture Guides’ deep domain expertise, industry relationships and strategic introductions provide a significant advantage for founders building their companies. Venture Guides’ concentrated portfolio strategy ensures all entrepreneurs receive the right guidance at the right time to enhance and sustain their growth. https://www.ventureguides.com/guided-companies