# Nick Nigam

> Nick Nigam is a Series B investor at Samsung NEXT backing B2B, PaaS and Rental. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/nicknigam
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nick_nigam
- Website: https://x.com/nick_nigam

Nick Nigam is a Series B investor at Samsung NEXT focused on B2B and PaaS. Nick is a Principal at Samsung Next in Berlin. He is focused on early stage investments and acquisitions, as well as establishing, operationalizing, and building out the team for, Samsung Next in Europe. Since joining the group, Nick has worked in Samsung’s New York, Silicon Valley, and Korea offices, helping to invest in and acquire startups suchas Unbabel, LiquidSky, Sorenson Media, Spatial, and AdGear. Nick received an MBA from MIT with a focus on entrepreneurship & innovation, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nottingham. He began my career as a finance/corporate lawyer at Dewey & LeBoeuf in London and Moscow.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| PaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Rental | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |
| Sharing Economy | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| Portugal | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $53.8M | Series B | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. |  | Convertible Note | Oct 01, 2019 |  |
| Unbabel | Unbabel enables modern enterprises to serve customers in their native languages, with always-on, scalable translation across digital channels. Powered by AI and refined by a global community of translators, Unbabel combines the speed and scale of machine translation with the authenticity that can come only from a native speaker.Unbabel has raisedover $31M in funding and has over 200 employees across its Lisbon headquarters and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Pittsburgh. Leading brands like Facebook, Microsoft, Booking.com, and EasyJet use Unbabel to make their customers happier and their support operations vastly more efficient. | $60M | Series C | Sep 23, 2019 |  |
| Unbabel | Unbabel enables modern enterprises to serve customers in their native languages, with always-on, scalable translation across digital channels. Powered by AI and refined by a global community of translators, Unbabel combines the speed and scale of machine translation with the authenticity that can come only from a native speaker.Unbabel has raisedover $31M in funding and has over 200 employees across its Lisbon headquarters and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Pittsburgh. Leading brands like Facebook, Microsoft, Booking.com, and EasyJet use Unbabel to make their customers happier and their support operations vastly more efficient. | $23M | Series B | Jan 11, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Augmentum Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augmentum-fintech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Caixa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circularity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circularity-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [coparion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coparion) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Faber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faber-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Notion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notion-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Samsung NEXT

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.

5 contacts available at Samsung NEXT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Castellanos | Venture Capitalist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-castellanos-672c |
| Nick Nigam | Principal, Seed to Series B Venture Capital Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-nigam |
| Yonatan Machado | Senior Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yonatan-machado |
| Ajay Singh | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-singh-3 |
| Alicia Garabedian | Venture Operations Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alicia-garabedian |

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## FAQ

### What does Nick Nigam invest in?

Nick Nigam invests primarily in B2B, PaaS and Rental startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nick Nigam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick Nigam closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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