Nicola Breyer has been passionate about building and scaling businesses for over 20 years, from the early days of the consumer internet to today. Her career spans roles as Co-Founder, Managing Director, Venture Capitalist, as well as Corporate Innovation & Transformation Specialist. Her industry focus includes Financial Services, FMCG & Media. Nicola headed up the Commercial Growth & Innovation Team initiatives for PayPal, based in Berlin.
In summer 2020, she joined OptioPay, an Open Banking Fin-/AdTech start-up as Chief Growth Officer and shareholder. At OptioPay she is responsible for B2B2C & B2B marketing, enterprise sales, platform monetization customer success, operations, customer service, international expansion and general senior leadership tasks around team, strategy and investor relations.
Nicola is also passionate about creating positive impact in the world. She holds board positions in for-profit social impact businesses (Vested Ltd. among others), supporting female founders. She is also an advisor to impact accelerators and funds like Village Capital. and Planet A Ventures.