Nick Winstone

Nick is a relationship builder and transaction specialist having been instrumental in deals over $1 billion in value. Before joining Aera in 2014, Nick’s career included roles as a director at investment bank, Northington Partners, a director of leveraged finance at CIT and a lawyer at Buddle Findlay. While at Aera, Nick was also an instrumental partner at the pre-IPO focused Iliad Fund, he served on the board of the Sustainable Business Network and was a director at Amplify Capital which undertook general M&A and corporate advisory engagements primarily for established New Zealand businesses on his own account and on behalf of other investors. Nick established Aera VC’s operations and the sourcing network bringing 850+ deals in 2019 while building and developing key partnerships in the venture ecosystem. In recent years, Nick developed sourcing and due diligence processes for a major US family office, ‘NineNinety’ across property and food and beverage sectors.