N

Nick Budden

CEO

Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan14 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Raised over $15M from top global investors.
  • Built and scaled products with millions of users.
  • Led cross-functional teams across 5 countries.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech entrepreneur with extensive leadership experience.

Contact

nickbudden@hotmail.comLinkedIn

About

Serial VC-backed founder and technical product leader with a hybrid background in design, engineering, and GTM. Built and scaled products with millions of users between them, raised $15M+ from top global investors, and led cross-functional teams of 35+ across 5 countries. Ran strategy, product, ops, legal, and finance across the US, Europe, and Asia.

Experience

14 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
--
Current Experience

Phase

CEO

Nov 2017 – Aug 2025 · 7 yrs 9 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

  • Co-Founder and CEO of Phase; VC-backed startup building Digital Design software. We want to help you spend more time being creative. https://phase.com

Vectr labs inc.

CEO (acq. Inmagine Group)

Aug 2014 – Aug 2017 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Making design easy, for everyone. Easy-to-use vector graphics editor that since grown to millions of users. No longer an independent company ⇥ now part of the Inmagine Group.

Vagabond

Traveler ± Vagabond

Nov 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Worldwide

  • Left work and school to spend three years travelling the world. Freelance designer and coder, building niche businesses at the same time. <3

Compilr

Marketing, Design, Code, 1st-Hire

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · Greater Halifax Metropolitan Area

  • Compilr makes it easy to learn & write code all from your web browser — an online IDE. I joined as first-hire under the CEO and CTO and split time between marketing, design, and code.

Rove magazine

Founder, Designer, Writer

Jul 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Halifax Metropolitan Area

  • World Travel Magazine ⇢ for adventures off the beaten track. Founded during university alongside another magazine, for action sports on the east coast of Canada.

Education

Mount Allison University

BA — International Relations/Commerce

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010

Sungkyunkwan University

Korean Language

Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Maestría en Administración de Negocios

Jan 2010 – Jan 2012

Athabasca University

Economics

Jan 2010 – Jan 2010

Universidad Veracruzana

Commerce

Jan 2009 – Jan 2010

Dalhousie University

French

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008

University of King's College

Foundation Year Programme

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008

Université de Montréal

French

Jan 2007 – Jan 2007

Nick Budden - CEO | Stackforce