Adam Nash is the CEO and co-founder of Daffy, a new fintech platform focused on charitable giving. Nash has been influential in fintech most notably as a serial angel investor, advisor, and board member in over 100 companies such as Acorns, Gusto, Figma, and

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. His investments are geared towards making financial tools more accessible to the public via tech-enabled products. Nash’s interest in democratizing access to technology and its communities extends through his non-profit work starting in 2011 with Oshman Family JCC and most recently as the co-Chairman of ICON, a non-profit organization with the mission of creating a community in Silicon Valley for those who are passionate about Israeli technology & innovation and harnessing the strength of this community to help Israeli entrepreneurs & startups. Nash currently serves as an adjunct lecturer at Stanford University. He was the Vice President of Product & Growth for

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from 2018 to February of 2020. Nash was previously the President and

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from January 2014 to October 2016. He served as an executive in residence at

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, vice president of product management at

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, director at

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and held strategic and technical roles at

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, Preview Systems and

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. Nash holds a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science from

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and an

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from

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Early life

Adam Nash was born and raised in Silicon Valley. During high school Nash did speech and debate and was state-ranked in

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for Impromptu speaking. In 1990, he did an internship at

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where he worked on fluid-dynamics simulations in software. Nash graduated from

with a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science with a focus on human computer interaction.

Career

After college, Nash began working as a software engineer on the WebObjects team, originally a part of

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, a computer company acquired by Apple. After working for Apple, Nash began working for a start-up company called Preview Systems, and began his

in 1999. After business school Nash worked in

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for two years, before becoming a product manager for

. He eventually became the Director of eBay Express, a website that focused on fixed-price products. Nash continued his career in product management as vice president of product management at

in 2007. He originally led LinkedIn's core product and user experience team, and then led LinkedIn's platform and mobile products, including the open developer platform and their native applications and mobile web experiences. He founded LinkedIn Hackdays, a seminal program aimed at driving the innovation culture at the company. He left LinkedIn to join

in October 2011 as an executive in residence, where he advised the leadership teams of the firm's consumer technology companies and evaluated new investment opportunities. In January 2013, Nash joined Wealthfront, an automated investment service, as

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. At the time, Wealthfront had less than $100M in client assets under management. Nash became

of Wealthfront in January 2014, staying with the company through December 2016. In September 2017, Nash became an adjunct lecturer in the Computer Science department at Stanford University, teaching the original seminar, "CS 007: Introduction to Personal Finance". In 2018, he joined

as Vice President of Product & Growth. Nash left Dropbox in February of 2020 to focus on building a new company combining his fintech expertise with his non-profit interests with co-founder Alejandro Crosa. In September 2021, Nash launched Daffy, the Donor-Advised Fund for You™, a not-for-profit community built around a new, modern platform for giving.

Investor

Nash has been heavily involved as an investor in consumer software, marketplaces, and fintech for the past ten years. He began his advisory roles in 2010 as a mentor at 500 Startups. He was also a mentor at MuckerLab from 2011 to 2014. Nash was an advisor to Marin Software and Covexum and currently advises LoanSnap, Bitwise Asset Management, Raisin GmbH, and Gusto. Nash previously served as a member of the Board of Directors in an observer capacity at Wrapp and PullString, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Acorns (has filed to go public) and Shift (public in 2020). Along with advisory and board positions, Nash has invested in over 100 private startups, primarily at the seed stage. His investment philosophy is informed by his career in product and he has historically backed founders building differentiated user experiences. Past investments include

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(sold to Google), Sunrise (sold to Microsoft), Gusto, Figma, and

(IPO in 2020), PullString (sold to Apple),

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(sold to American Express), Bitwise, PeerStreet, and Alto IRA. A full list of his portfolio companies can be found on AngelList.

Non-Profit Work

Nash has been heavily involved in non-profit organizations since 2011. He served for six years on the Board of Directors for Oshman Family JCC, a hub for the Silicon Valley Jewish community aimed at creating inclusive and meaningful experiences to incorporate innovation into modern life. Operationally, the organization manages a $300M facility with over 200 employees and an annual budget of over $30M. Nash currently is a Co-Chairman and Executive Committee member of ICON, (“Israel Collaboration Network”), a non-profit organization with the mission of creating a community in Silicon Valley for those who wish to support Israeli technology & innovation and harnessing the strength of this community to help Israeli entrepreneurs & startups expand to the United States.

Personal life

Nash is the oldest of four siblings. His father is an

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and his mother serves as Clinical Faculty with the Psychology Department at Stanford University. He was born and raised in

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where he lives with his wife and four children.

References

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