# Rich Nelson

> Rich Nelson is a seed investor at Nelstone Ventures (New York) backing Apps and Mobile. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nelstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nelstone-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richnelson
- Website: http://nelstoneventures.com

Rich Nelson is a seed investor at Nelstone Ventures in New York focused on Apps and Mobile. RICH graduated with High Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law. He began his career as a mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance attorney at Skadden Arps. He later joined Ronald Lauder's telecommunication company, RSL Communications,where he lead M&A and was President of an operating subsidiary. In 2003, Rich joined the founding team of one of the first social media mining companies as President, Trendum USA, Inc. After raising a Series A financing round from The Nielsen Company, Rich lead a roll-up of other social media mining companies, including BuzzMetrics and Intelliseek, later rebranding the company as Nielsen BuzzMetrics. In 2006, the company was fully acquired by The Nielsen Company, and Rich lead Nielsen's Online Corporate Development group. In 2011, Rich joined IAC/InterActiveCorp, as Managing Director of M&A. In 2013, Rich re-joined The Nielsen Company as Senior Vice President Global M&A and Venture Investing. Rich began actively investing in technology companies in 2013. In 2015, Rich launched Nelstone Ventures to syndicate investment opportunities that he sources and participates in. Most recently Rich joined Vericast as Executive Vice President Corporate Development.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Wellness | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allermi | Allermi is the first company to offer direct-to-consumer delivery of customized prescription allergy medications, designed and formulated by world-class allergists. We design and deliver relief by offering patients access to board-certified allergists, science-based medicine and customized prescription treatments. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 16, 2023 |  |
| Dil Mil | Dil Mil is the fastest growing matchmaking app for South Asian expats, disrupting the broken arranged marriage model and solving the privacy & usability concerns with existing outdated solutions. We're adding over 1,000+ new users per day and growing users & revenue over 50% month over month.Think Tinder meets JDate, but for SouthAsians. We have a solid team of experienced engineers and advisors who have successfully done this before.Under the hood we are solving one of the most complex real-time search & match problems using proprietary machine learning algorithms. The app is just the tip of the iceberg; the magic happens on the back-end. | $1M | Seed | May 15, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maiden Lane Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maiden-lane-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nelstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nelstone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [One Planet Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-planet-op) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nelstone Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Nelstone Ventures is an investment fund founded by Rich Nelson. Nelstone Ventures invests and syndicates investment opportunities in various stage technology companies with a focus on enterprise software, gaming, health care, consumer internet and technology enabled business-to business companies. Nelstone Ventures seeks strong management teamswith a disruptive idea where there is a large market opportunity and competitive differentiation. Nelstone Ventures looks to nurture these opportunities by providing strategic capital, a network of relationships, investment insights, strategic M&A and exit related ideas and advice.

1 contacts available at Nelstone Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rich Nelson | Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rich-nelson |

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## FAQ

### What does Rich Nelson invest in?

Rich Nelson invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Internet startups, most often at Seed 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 Rich Nelson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rich Nelson closed in Mar 2023. 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.

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