Nicholas Chirls

Stages: Seed
Focus: Software
Location: New York, New York, United States
Portfolio companies: 55
Investments: 55
Exits: 8

Founder & Partner · Notation Capital

Nicholas Chirls is a pre-seed and seed investor who co-founded Notation Capital, focusing on technical, product-obsessed teams in sectors like hard tech, infrastructure, SaaS, fintech, and blockchain [1][2]. He typically writes average checks of

50,000 (ranging $0.1M–$0.2M) to support founders from day 0, often before they have a market-ready product [2][6][7]. His distinctive thesis centers on…