Marlon C. Nichols

Over the next few posts, I’m sharing how AI is exposing structural constraints in energy systems and how that lens has shaped my investment decisions. AI isn’t stressing the grid because it uses e...

Proud to lead Powerline's $7M seed round. ⚡️ What drove this decision wasn’t a belief that energy storage needs more hardware. It was the conviction that as AI scales, energy becomes the gating fa...

Kate Clark’s latest piece in the The Wall Street Journal on billion-dollar AI labs with no products and no revenue is getting a ton of reaction — but the underlying dynamic isn’t surprising to me. ...

The real question with AI wearables isn’t the form factor. It’s the feedback loop. Body monitoring has always been about measurement—track signals, surface metrics, build dashboards. That part is ...

Rebounding in basketball is all about positioning + anticipation—knowing where the ball is going, not where it is. Venture works the same way. You’ve got to see around corners and understand how c...

Headline numbers don’t tell the full story in venture right now. Yes—U.S. VC deal value rebounded in 2025. But the capital didn’t flow evenly. It concentrated around a small set of firms and compa...

The best investment decisions come from understanding side effects. One of the clearest lessons from 2025 was that markets do not move in isolation. Trends create second order effects, and those e...

From day one, Jasmine Nicole helped shape what Culture House is today. I’m beyond excited to have her back at the helm as we enter our next chapter. Welcome home, Jas!

Progress requires perspective. At MaC Venture Capital, reflection isn’t an afterthought—it’s a discipline. Each quarter and every year, we step back to look in the rearview mirror, rigorously eval...

Congratulations on a stellar year, Pipe!

With the “Speed” Act gaining momentum and several states considering data center taxes to offset rising energy costs for residents, one thing is clear: AI is accelerating the demand for energy prod...

On December 3rd, Power100 Presented By Blueprint Capital Advisors LLC brought together an exceptional group of venture capital, private equity, and buyout managers—along with the institutional limi...

The next chapter for Pipe is shaping up to be an exciting one. Under Luke Voiles’ leadership over the past three years, the company made tremendous strides and set a strong foundation for the futur...

Thanks for having me. I’m looking forward to the event.

Congratulations to Preston Timeyin Ideh and the entire Stears team on this significant launch. Entrepreneurial activity is growing rapidly across the African continent, and increased capital is ess...

At the Kauffman Fellows Global Summit and 30th Anniversary in London, MaC Venture Capital partnered with Rodney Appiah and Cornerstone VC to host a special gathering of 40 Black GPs from across the...

It’s been some time since Hurricane Melissa devastated my home country of Jamaica. Although it’s no longer dominating headlines, many families are still facing immense hardship after losing their h...

Well deserved!

Twelve years ago, while investing at Intel Capital, I was accepted into the Kauffman Fellows —an experience that fundamentally reshaped my career in venture capital. The knowledge, support, and com...

A week ago during TechCrunch Disrupt, I had the privilege of joining Aileen Lee, Kirsten Green, Kevin Hartz, and Kevin Rose to judge the Battlefield finals. We heard from some talented founders tha...