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Nicholas Cochran

Nicholas Cochran

VC, GTM Leader, Founder, Investor, Advisor, Customer Success Expert

United Kingdom
Joined August 2025

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Nicholas Cochran is a serial entrepreneur and investor, co-founding Celero Ventures, an early-stage venture fund, and previously Data Scout, which was acquired by Informatica. His investment portfolio includes numerous startups in AI, such as Duku AI, Catio, BTON, Suger, Archestra.AI, CloudNC, Reef.ai, Haize Labs, and Pandatron, showcasing a strong focus on emerging technologies. linkedin+2
He possesses extensive expertise in Customer Success and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies, having held leadership positions as Global VP and various VP Customer Success roles at Databricks, where he built and scaled the EMEA Customer Success team. He also led Customer Success for EMEA at MuleSoft and advises other companies and venture capital firms like RTP Global, Earlybird Venture Capital, and Index Ventures on Customer Success and post-sales. linkedin+1
Nicholas has a background in software development and solutions delivery, having served as Software Development Team Manager at Mars (ISI) and Global Head of Solutions Delivery at Ernst & Young Global. This technical foundation likely informs his strategic leadership and investment decisions in technology companies. xing

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