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Nick Kim

Director at Fortastra. Also a director at BrightAI.

DirectorRoles at 2 startups
Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 8, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Nick Kim

Nick Kim is a director at Fortastra.

Form D filings also name Nick Kim as a director at BrightAI.

Nick Kim first appears on SEC filings in 2024.

Experience

This experience comes from Nick Kim's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Nick Kim in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Fortastra Corp Current
Seed Investor, Board Member
2025 – Present · Torrance, CA
Fortastra builds spacecraft to protect government and commercial assets in orbit.
Observed Matter Current
Seed Investor, Board Member
2025 – Present
BrightAI Corp Current
Seed Investor, Board Member
2024 – Present · San Francisco, CA
Apex - Spacecraft Manufacturing Current
Series B Investor
2024 – Present
Critical Energy Current
Seed Investor, Board Member
2024 – Present
Efficient Computer Current
Seed Investor
2023 – Present
Observable Space Current
Seed Investor, Board Member
2023 – Present
Tern Current
Seed Investor, Board Member
2023 – Present
Kauffman Fellows Current
Kauffman Fellow
2023 – Present
Upfront Ventures Current
General Partner
2022 – Present
Rx Redefined
Lead Series A Investor
2022
Compa
Seed Investor
2021 – 2022
AllVoices
Lead Seed Investor
2019 – 2022
Crosscut Ventures
Principal
2018 – 2022
Human Ventures Co
Entrepreneur In Residence
2018
Dorm Room Fund
Investment Partner
2017 – 2018
Walnut
Co-Founder
2017
Warby Parker
General Manager of Home Try-On (RIP)
2014 – 2016
Thinaire
Product Manager
2012 – 2014

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Nick Kim works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Fortastra Corp · Form D, Oct 8, 2026
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Michael Smayda
CEO and director
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BrightAI Corp · Form D, Jul 18, 2025
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Golda Hartman
Executive officer
AT
KB
Kiran Bharwani
Executive officer
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Alexander Hawkinson
Chief Executive Officer and director
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Sources

  1. SECFortastra Corp Form D, filed Oct 8, 2026
  2. SECBrightAI Corp Form D, filed Jul 18, 2025