Nicholas S.

General Partner at New Layer Capital | Propelling groundbreaking tech companies building on Bitcoin

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024
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Jun 2024
Nós acreditamos que Bitcoin é muito mais do que um ativo especulativo. Nosso propósito é construir ferramentas que permitam com que qualquer pessoa possa usufruir dessa tecnologia e melhorar a sua vida financeira. Juntos, nós podemos ajudar todos os brasileiros a aprender sobre Bitcoin, economia, investimento, descentralização e muito mais! Fazemos isso providenciando um produto simples, que dá acesso a serviços financeiro gratuitos e a investir a partir de R$1.
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Mar 2024
Cormint is a Bitcoin Miner whose team has been mining Bitcoin since 2018 at sites in New York and Texas. We are now rapidly scaling our site in Fort Stockton, Texas towards 130MWs, where our capabilities in power, engineering, and financial management will result in the company being amongst the lowest cost producers of Bitcoin in North America.
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Nov 2023
OCEAN is a #Bitcoin mining pool that is leading the transition towards decentralization and censorship-resistance. OCEAN is differs from any other pool. First, we are a non-custodial pool. Miners are paid directly by the Bitcoin network. Second, we publish our block templates before solving them. This transparency differs from other pools which do not permit their hashers to know what the block will look like until after/when/if its irreversibly solved. Its vital for miners to know the details of the block they are working on beforehand so that they can withdraw their hashrate before contributing toward a block they do not wish to see on the blockchain. Third, our reward system is a Transparent Index of Distinct Extended Shares- TIDES - this gives miners the ability to verify that they are getting the exact reward that they should be as when blocks are found. Any dishonestly by the pool would be immediately provable, even before blocks are solved.
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Jul 2023
To make AI inference commercially viable, d-Matrix has built a new computing platform from the ground up: Corsair™, the world’s most efficient compute solution for AI inference at datacenter scale. We are redefining Performance and Efficiency for AI Inference at scale.
Investor
Nov 2022
In Blockchain We Trust!
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Oct 2022
Xverse is the leading Bitcoin wallet for Web3, providing first-class support for Ordinals, NFTs, DeFi and decentralized applications. With a beautifully designed, easy-to-use wallet available on iOS, Android and desktop as a Chrome browser extension, Xverse lets users securely manage Bitcoin on layer 1 as well as layer 2 networks like Stacks, and soon, the Lightning Network. Xverse is a global community of amazingly talented colleagues dedicated to making the world a better place with blockchain technology. Our mission is to empower people to control their data and wealth by delivering a more accessible, user-owned internet and decentralized economy for all.
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Jul 2022
Building cross-chain interoperability for Bitcoin.
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Jul 2022
Block green is a Bitcoin liquidity protocol Our platform allows datacenter operators to sell exposure to their future revenues at a discount in order to offload risk and access immediate liquidity This results in a more cost-effective and sustainable financing option while allowing BTC holders to yield an attractive BTC native return Our project is backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms incl. Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, and Global Founders Capital.
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Jul 2022
At Vespene Energy, we’re dedicated to fueling the transition to a renewable energy future. We develop biogas-to-electricity solutions for landfills and wastewater treatment plants to mitigate emissions and utilize biogas to its fullest potential. We specialize in small to medium sized sites that are not typically viable for traditional biogas-to-energy systems. Our mission is to develop innovative solutions that not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also provide reliable and affordable energy to communities that may not have access to traditional power sources.
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Jan 2021
Ocean Falls Technology (OFT) is a Generative AI and Blockchain Technology company encompassing an array of assets and intellectual property including a 2MW data center operating in the historic paper mill town of Ocean Falls located on the central coast of British Columbia.
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Jan 2021
Moon Technologies is dedicated to delivering secure and empowering technology for financial solutions for businesses that increase financial access. We are critical technology enablers for our clients’ consumer and enterprise offerings spanning: * Payments * Identity * Connectivity Moon is not a bank nor a money service business. We provide software and services to power our clients’ customer-facing products and services by integrating across our clients, processors and bank sponsors via proprietary APIs.
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Jan 2021
SBP mission is to lead the sustainable Bitcoin revolution. We are unlocking Bitcoin’s unique potential to become the most transparent and sustainable asset, by creating a new environmental commodity derived from verified clean energy mining. ⚡ Enables investors to hold verifiably sustainable BTC through the introduction of a new environmental commodity derived from clean energy bitcoin mining, called the Sustainable Bitcoin Certificate (SBC). ⚡ SBC are paired with BTC 1 for 1 by investors. ⚡ SBC financially incentivizes Bitcoin miners to use verified clean energy sources. ⚡ Allows Bitcoin to become fully sustainable with transparent clean energy use without disrupting the fungibility of BTC.
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Jan 2021
🚀 Join the Hestiia journey, a company thats pushing the boundaries of innovation to accelerate our energy transition. Founded in 2016, were developing innovative and affordable consumer products with an incredible user experience, all while recycling wasted heat from next-generation computers. Were competing in the rapidly expanding global heating market, a trillion-dollar industry in 2020, accounting for 50% of global energy consumption. Our ambition? To become a multi-billion dollar company over the next decade. By joining us, youre not just accepting a job offer. Youre embarking on an adventure that has a real impact on the energy transition, providing environmentally positive technology accessible to all, regardless of resources. Were seeking candidates who are highly motivated by a challenge, embrace responsibility, and bring passion to their work. Joining us means becoming part of a team united by shared values of mutual aid and exceeding expectations. It means integrating a team that prioritizes ecological and social transition for a better future world. 🌍 Are you ready to make a difference? Join us at Hestiia. 💪 #GreenTech #ProtectYourHome #FrenchTech
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2024
Investor
Jun 2024
Nós acreditamos que Bitcoin é muito mais do que um ativo especulativo. Nosso propósito é construir ferramentas que permitam com que qualquer pessoa possa usufruir dessa tecnologia e melhorar a sua vida financeira. Juntos, nós podemos ajudar todos os brasileiros a aprender sobre Bitcoin, economia, investimento, descentralização e muito mais! Fazemos isso providenciando um produto simples, que dá acesso a serviços financeiro gratuitos e a investir a partir de R$1.
Investor
Mar 2024
Cormint is a Bitcoin Miner whose team has been mining Bitcoin since 2018 at sites in New York and Texas. We are now rapidly scaling our site in Fort Stockton, Texas towards 130MWs, where our capabilities in power, engineering, and financial management will result in the company being amongst the lowest cost producers of Bitcoin in North America.
2023
Investor
Nov 2023
OCEAN is a #Bitcoin mining pool that is leading the transition towards decentralization and censorship-resistance. OCEAN is differs from any other pool. First, we are a non-custodial pool. Miners are paid directly by the Bitcoin network. Second, we publish our block templates before solving them. This transparency differs from other pools which do not permit their hashers to know what the block will look like until after/when/if its irreversibly solved. Its vital for miners to know the details of the block they are working on beforehand so that they can withdraw their hashrate before contributing toward a block they do not wish to see on the blockchain. Third, our reward system is a Transparent Index of Distinct Extended Shares- TIDES - this gives miners the ability to verify that they are getting the exact reward that they should be as when blocks are found. Any dishonestly by the pool would be immediately provable, even before blocks are solved.
Investor
Jul 2023
To make AI inference commercially viable, d-Matrix has built a new computing platform from the ground up: Corsair™, the world’s most efficient compute solution for AI inference at datacenter scale. We are redefining Performance and Efficiency for AI Inference at scale.
2022
Investor
Nov 2022
In Blockchain We Trust!
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