FOUNDER-LED ADVISORY
Operator, investor, and transaction experience—not generic lead generation.
Vasily Nikolaev
Founder, Vayson Intelligence Group
Vasily Nikolaev is a Silicon Valley founder, CEO, venture investor, and former McKinsey consultant. He has founded, scaled, turned around, and exited technology companies across AI, deep tech, enterprise software, and scientific instrumentation. His experience spans product commercialization, fundraising, strategic partnerships, cross-border M&A, and technical, market, and financial due diligence.
- Founded Prophecta, an AI fleet-optimization company that raised $4M and won enterprise customers in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.
- Led the commercialization and strategic sale of Coda Devices, based on Raman-spectroscopy technology licensed from Duke University.
- Served as Venture Partner at Network.VC and Quantum Wave Fund, with experience across 100+ investments and 10+ portfolio exits.
- Earlier experience includes McKinsey, private equity, cross-border M&A, turnarounds, an IESE MBA, and an MS in Physics.
Experience
Company building, transactions, and venture investing.
Vasily’s work spans the full technology lifecycle: founding and scaling startups, leading turnarounds, commercializing scientific IP, structuring strategic exits, and evaluating venture investments. He has operated in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and across emerging markets, and brings a first-principles approach to identifying which buyers have a real reason to act.
Silicon Valley operator
Founder & CEO
AI, deep tech, enterprise software
Sector focus
Venture investments
100+ through fund roles
Cross-border transactions
$500M+ M&A and financing