# Tom Nicholson

> Tom Nicholson is a convertible note investor in New York backing Art and CRM. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tnicho

Tom Nicholson is a convertible note investor in New York focused on Art and CRM. Tom Nicholson is the founding member and sourcing chairman at ARC Angel Fund. Tom Nicholson is an entrepreneur, early-stage investor and founder of Nicholson NY, a leading NYC digital consulting firm he exited for $75 million to Interpublic (IPG) and IconMedialab (Stockholm: ICON) and today ranks as one of the world's largest Internetconsultancies as part of Publicis Groupe. He served on ICON'S Board of Directors and U.S. Chairman prior to his departure in 2009 to focus on early stage tech investing in the NYC region.Tom has been an active part of the NYC digital scene since it's inception. Called the Dean of Multimedia by NY Magazine, he helped define the digital agency model as his firm consulted for many of the world’s leading global financial, technology, entertainment and cultural organizations. Notable clients included IBM, McKinsey, MasterCard, Citigroup, NBC, Prada, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others. Under his leadership Nicholson NY/IconNicholson garnered national and international awards and was consistently ranked among the top U.S. firms and top creatively in the world by AdAge.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 25% |
| CRM | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artsy | Artsy is the world’s largest online art marketplace. Browse over 1 million artworks by iconic and emerging artists from 4000+ galleries and top auction houses. | $25M | Series C | Mar 26, 2015 | http://artsy.net |
| Reachable | Reachable helps teams create and leverage their collective rolodex to find referrals to business opportunities. Reachable enables everyone to consolidate all their contact data in their own contact database, enriches the data with data from Reachable's data partners, and analyzes the contact data to find referrals to sales targets. With thenew Reachable Teams, anyone can create a private network with people they trust, at work or in professional contexts, and leverage their Collective Rolodex. | $750.7K | Debt Financing | Feb 20, 2013 | http://www.reachable.com |
| Prognos Health | Prognos Health is a leading health tech company that is pushing the boundaries of healthcare analytics. The company’s platform, prognosFACTOR, has the power to query billions of lab and health records on more than 325 million de-identified patients to answer clinically-focused healthcare questions in minutes, not months. The platform enables thequerying and purchasing of patient-centric, HIPAA-Compliant healthcare data from the Prognos Marketplace to address diverse applications, including cohort design, patient journey studies, health outcomes and more. Customers include 25 of the top 30 pharmaceutical manufacturers and three of the top five payers. | $745K | Convertible Note | Aug 18, 2011 | https://prognoshealth.com/ |
| Artsy | Artsy is the world’s largest online art marketplace. Browse over 1 million artworks by iconic and emerging artists from 4000+ galleries and top auction houses. | $100K | Convertible Note | Jun 02, 2010 | http://artsy.net |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [L Catterton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lcatterton) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LionTree](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liontree-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Strand Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strand-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Thrive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ZhenFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhenfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Nicholson invest in?

Tom Nicholson invests primarily in Art, CRM and Internet startups, most often at Convertible Note and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Tom Nicholson?

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### When did Tom Nicholson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Nicholson closed in Mar 2015. 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.

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