Rick Nguyen Nestate

Building partner ecosystems @ Vanta | 4x Presidents Club | Tech nerd | Dog dad

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2025
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Mar 2025
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Nov 2024
Atombeam has the potential to revolutionize data management through its Data-as-Codewords Neurpac technology, altering how data is encoded, used, transferred, managed, stored and secured. Atombeam increases available bandwidth an average of 4x, improves access to stored data by making it searchable while encoded, and enhances security with ultralight software, all in a single computing step. Atombeam’s Neurpac is uniquely capable of operating on the smallest machine-generated or Internet of Things data, which is not possible with compression.
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May 2021
StartEngine is one of the leading equity crowdfunding platforms in the U.S., where everyday people can find and invest in early-growth companies and startups, as well as a variety of alternative assets and collectibles. StartEngine has hosted over 1,100 successful funding rounds between Reg. CF and Reg. A+ combined through StartEngine’s funding portal and broker dealer, from a community of over 1,000,000 strong. Based in Los Angeles, the company was created in 2014 by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Ron Miller. Were hiring: https://www.startengine.com/careers Invest in startups and build your portfolio. www.startengine.com For accredited investors – exclusive investment opportunities from some of todays largest privately held companies. www.startengine.com/private **“StartEngine" refers to StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. StartEngine operates 5 wholly owned subsidiaries, StartEngine Capital, LLC, StartEngine Primary, LLC, StartEngine Secure, LLC, StartEngine Private LLC, and StartEngine Assets, LLC. Unless otherwise indicated, Regulation Crowdfunding offerings are offered through StartEngine Capital LLC, an SEC-registered funding portal and FINRA member; brokerage services, including Regulation A+ and Regulation D offerings, brokerage accounts, and securities trading through StartEngine Secondary (a SEC-regulated alternative trading system, operated by StartEngine Primary, LLC), are offered through StartEngine Primary, LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and FINRA/SIPC; and transfer agent services are offered through StartEngine Secure, LLC, an SEC registered transfer agent. StartEngine Assets LLC is an asset manager for StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC which offers Regulation A+ offerings in collectibles (e.g., fine art, wine) through the StartEngine platform.
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2025
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Mar 2025
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2024
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Nov 2024
Atombeam has the potential to revolutionize data management through its Data-as-Codewords Neurpac technology, altering how data is encoded, used, transferred, managed, stored and secured. Atombeam increases available bandwidth an average of 4x, improves access to stored data by making it searchable while encoded, and enhances security with ultralight software, all in a single computing step. Atombeam’s Neurpac is uniquely capable of operating on the smallest machine-generated or Internet of Things data, which is not possible with compression.
Audit Partnerships
Mar 2024
Vanta is the #1 Agentic Trust Platform that helps businesses earn and prove trust. From startup to enterprise, Vanta is trusted by 15,000+ customers, including Atlassian, Duolingo, Icelandair, Ramp and Synthesia, to automate compliance, manage risk, and prove trust continuously—all from a single, AI-powered platform. - Automated Compliance: Automate evidence gathering with continuous monitoring to get you compliant and keep you secure. - Streamlined Audits: Collaborate seamlessly with auditors to help get you audit-ready, fast and hassle-free. - Risk Management: Centralize your IT risk to make informed decisions, whether you’re bringing your own program or building one from scratch. - Vendor Risk Management: Streamline vendor security reviews with AI-powered analysis and continuous monitoring of vendor attack surfaces. - Trust Center: Share your security and compliance posture with buyers with a public-facing Trust Center, and tie your security program to revenue. - Questionnaire Automation: Streamline security questionnaires by having Vanta AI take the first pass for you—so all you need to do is review, approve, and submit. - 375+ integrations: A market-leading ecosystem of over 375 integrations that powers 1,200+ automated, hourly tests, giving you continuous visibility into your compliance posture. - Vanta AI: Supercharge your team with AI-powered control mapping, evidence checks, questionnaire automation, and custom code snippets to remediate failing tests. Founded in 2018, Vanta has customers in 58 countries with offices in Dublin, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney. Investors include Sequoia, Wellington, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, J.P. Morgan, Atlassian Ventures and CrowdStrike Ventures. Vanta has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Inc.’s Best Workplaces, and Forbes’ Best Startup Employer lists.
2021
Investor
May 2021
StartEngine is one of the leading equity crowdfunding platforms in the U.S., where everyday people can find and invest in early-growth companies and startups, as well as a variety of alternative assets and collectibles. StartEngine has hosted over 1,100 successful funding rounds between Reg. CF and Reg. A+ combined through StartEngine’s funding portal and broker dealer, from a community of over 1,000,000 strong. Based in Los Angeles, the company was created in 2014 by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Ron Miller. Were hiring: https://www.startengine.com/careers Invest in startups and build your portfolio. www.startengine.com For accredited investors – exclusive investment opportunities from some of todays largest privately held companies. www.startengine.com/private **“StartEngine" refers to StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. StartEngine operates 5 wholly owned subsidiaries, StartEngine Capital, LLC, StartEngine Primary, LLC, StartEngine Secure, LLC, StartEngine Private LLC, and StartEngine Assets, LLC. Unless otherwise indicated, Regulation Crowdfunding offerings are offered through StartEngine Capital LLC, an SEC-registered funding portal and FINRA member; brokerage services, including Regulation A+ and Regulation D offerings, brokerage accounts, and securities trading through StartEngine Secondary (a SEC-regulated alternative trading system, operated by StartEngine Primary, LLC), are offered through StartEngine Primary, LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and FINRA/SIPC; and transfer agent services are offered through StartEngine Secure, LLC, an SEC registered transfer agent. StartEngine Assets LLC is an asset manager for StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC which offers Regulation A+ offerings in collectibles (e.g., fine art, wine) through the StartEngine platform.
2017
Partnerships, Strategic Growth
Sep 2017
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