# Brian Nichols

> Brian Nichols is a seed investor at Sky Systemz backing SaaS, FinTech and Payments. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sky Systemz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/odp-solutions-inc)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bnichols9883/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bnichols9883?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Brian Nichols is an author "Taking Charge with Value Investing (McGraw-Hill, 2012), venture capitalist and investor, CEO of HADE Technologies, LLC, and the President of ODP Solutions IncHADE Technologies is a successful startup that develops software (Hade Platform) for equity Research, Finance professionals, and financial institutions thatcombine information technology with powerful applications in data analytics and machine learning. Brian Nichols is also a founder and the President of ODP Solutions, Inc, a company that develops infrastructure for online fiat and blockchain payments to consolidate the payment sector into a single application for businesses and individuals.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sky Systemz | Sky Systemz allows businesses to accept card payments in store or online with its cloud POS and online store technology with no contracts or monthly fees and local support.Business customers can access their data from anywhere with a login and can manage all of their user permissions, products, inventory, or customer data. Innovative paymenttechnology allows you to accept and process any payment in store through our desktop or mobile application; seamlessly connect with your online store; create and send estimates and payable invoices; card on file and recurring payments | $2.5M | Series A | Oct 10, 2020 |  |
| Sky Systemz | Sky Systemz allows businesses to accept card payments in store or online with its cloud POS and online store technology with no contracts or monthly fees and local support.Business customers can access their data from anywhere with a login and can manage all of their user permissions, products, inventory, or customer data. Innovative paymenttechnology allows you to accept and process any payment in store through our desktop or mobile application; seamlessly connect with your online store; create and send estimates and payable invoices; card on file and recurring payments | $800K | Seed | Jan 03, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oxbow Reserve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxbow-reserve) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PayArc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payarc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reed's Healthy Home](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reed-s-healthy-home) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sky Systemz

VC Fund · Orlando, United States

Sky Systemz allows businesses to accept card payments in store or online with its cloud POS and online store technology with no contracts or monthly fees and local support.Business customers can access their data from anywhere with a login and can manage all of their user permissions, products, inventory, or customer data. Innovative paymenttechnology allows you to accept and process any payment in store through our desktop or mobile application; seamlessly connect with your online store; create and send estimates and payable invoices; card on file and recurring payments

5 contacts available at Sky Systemz.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Nichols | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-nichols-5263 |
| Jessica Newsome | Executive Director Merchant Services | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jessica-newsome |
| John Tracey | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-tracey-e7e9 |
| Mike Malott | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-malott |
| Natalie Nichols | Marketing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/natalie-nichols |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Nichols invest in?

Brian Nichols invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brian Nichols last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Nichols closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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