Nick Cromydas

Making bets on things I love, things that I believe should exist in the world, and people I believe in.

📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
7
Total investments
6
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1
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0
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12y
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Mar 2022
Parentaly focuses on improving the parental leave experience for everyone: expecting parents, employers, managers, direct reports and peers. Through our comprehensive programming, expecting parents utilize our modules, templates and career coaches to create coverage, communication and return plans that minimize business disruption and reduce attrition. We partner with HR to help companies construct parental leave policies and programs that achieve their goals.
Investor
Jan 2017
Designed for kids ages 6-13, Codeverse is a multi award-winning creative online platform where kids build real apps and videos games using code! LIVE ONLINE CLASSES Codeverse offers instructor-led 1:1 and group classes where kids are introduced to the universal concepts of coding (including variables, methods, loops and conditionals) and learn the skills needed to create their very own video games and apps. EARN BADGES AND POINTS As kids level up on their coding skills, they earn achievement badges and points and have the opportunity to publish their projects to the Codeverse App Store, a huge library featuring thousands of mobile apps and games that were built by our global community of kids. COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS Kids can collaborate on projects, extend other projects, and share apps with friends and family or to the world through the App Store. New games are posted to the App Store every week, so there’s always something new and exciting to play! BECOME PART OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY Sign your kid up today for a free 7-day trial and enjoy unlimited access to our online coding platform as well as one 50-minute 1:1 coding class led by one of our expert instructors.
Investor
Apr 2016
Select Truss IP and assets are now part of Avison Young. Truss was a leading online marketplace to help small and medium sized business owners find, tour and lease space. Our tech-enabled platform and our people helped tenants find the right space for the best price in record time. We helped businesses find office and coworking space and more than 15,000 business owners used Truss to find their space. Our technology enabled business owners to find the right space confidently by comparing spaces in our marketplace.
early stageReal Estate
Investor
Jul 2015
Hipcamp is the #1 app to discover and book incredible campsites. Over the past decade, Hipcamp has unified the world’s best camping options across peaceful private spots, iconic public lands and well-equipped campgrounds. Hipcamp has grown into a community of over 7 million campers who use our app to explore all of their options in one place — tent sites, RV spots or glamping — and find the perfect site to match their style. Each year, Hipcamp helps millions of campers sleep happily under the stars, boosting local economies and biodiversity along the way. To see a full list of our job openings, https://www.hipcamp.com/careers
Investor
Apr 2015
Binti builds modern software to help every child have a safe, loving, and stable family. 300+ child welfare agencies across 33 states use Binti's tools to care for over 30% of children in child welfare in the US. Our software covers the end-to-end of child welfare, from helping agencies efficiently recruit, license, and match foster parents, to supporting families of origin in getting back on their feet and reunifying with their children. Our products are designed specifically to address the complexities of child welfare. Agencies working with us have licensed 80% more families on average in their first year on Binti, with a 16% reduction in time to approve and 20-40% savings in social worker time.   Binti is a for-profit, mission-driven company. Investors include Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Kapor Capital, and others.
Advisor & Investor
Jan 2014
Specless’ mission is to eliminate 90% of unremarkable digital advertising by empowering the remainder to be more valuable, compelling and relevant. We strive towards this ambitious goal because we understand that universal access to meaningful content will be lost if the value of that content is determined solely by algorithms and market middle-men.
Advisor & Investor
Jan 2014
Specless’ mission is to eliminate 90% of unremarkable digital advertising by empowering the remainder to be more valuable, compelling and relevant. We strive towards this ambitious goal because we understand that universal access to meaningful content will be lost if the value of that content is determined solely by algorithms and market middle-men.
Experience · 11 entries
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2022
Board Member
Mar 2022
Parentaly focuses on improving the parental leave experience for everyone: expecting parents, employers, managers, direct reports and peers. Through our comprehensive programming, expecting parents utilize our modules, templates and career coaches to create coverage, communication and return plans that minimize business disruption and reduce attrition. We partner with HR to help companies construct parental leave policies and programs that achieve their goals.
2017
Investor
Jan 2017
Designed for kids ages 6-13, Codeverse is a multi award-winning creative online platform where kids build real apps and videos games using code! LIVE ONLINE CLASSES Codeverse offers instructor-led 1:1 and group classes where kids are introduced to the universal concepts of coding (including variables, methods, loops and conditionals) and learn the skills needed to create their very own video games and apps. EARN BADGES AND POINTS As kids level up on their coding skills, they earn achievement badges and points and have the opportunity to publish their projects to the Codeverse App Store, a huge library featuring thousands of mobile apps and games that were built by our global community of kids. COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS Kids can collaborate on projects, extend other projects, and share apps with friends and family or to the world through the App Store. New games are posted to the App Store every week, so there’s always something new and exciting to play! BECOME PART OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY Sign your kid up today for a free 7-day trial and enjoy unlimited access to our online coding platform as well as one 50-minute 1:1 coding class led by one of our expert instructors.
2016
Investor
Apr 2016
Select Truss IP and assets are now part of Avison Young. Truss was a leading online marketplace to help small and medium sized business owners find, tour and lease space. Our tech-enabled platform and our people helped tenants find the right space for the best price in record time. We helped businesses find office and coworking space and more than 15,000 business owners used Truss to find their space. Our technology enabled business owners to find the right space confidently by comparing spaces in our marketplace.
early stageReal Estate
2015
Investor
Jul 2015
Hipcamp is the #1 app to discover and book incredible campsites. Over the past decade, Hipcamp has unified the world’s best camping options across peaceful private spots, iconic public lands and well-equipped campgrounds. Hipcamp has grown into a community of over 7 million campers who use our app to explore all of their options in one place — tent sites, RV spots or glamping — and find the perfect site to match their style. Each year, Hipcamp helps millions of campers sleep happily under the stars, boosting local economies and biodiversity along the way. To see a full list of our job openings, https://www.hipcamp.com/careers
Mentor
May 2015
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
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2014–2022 · 7 investments
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