Nicco C. Leone Email & Phone Number

United States

Global

We launched Nemean Pride because we understand the relentless dedication it takes to build a successful business, and we believe that every business owner deserves their chance at the American Dream. Our team works with SMBs to elucidate the key drivers of their business value, and we action initiatives to increase that value whether they be related to finance, operations, human capital, IT, or brand reputation. After building that value, we help our clients to navigate what comes next in their business lifecycle. Some clients want to fundraise to spur further growth, while others are ready to execute a sale process for their business. Either way, we facilitate those next steps while staying firmly planted in their corner.

Global

While working with CloudWyze as an independent consultant in 2019, I realized that the company had a major growth opportunity in front of it. I joined the team initially as COO (and proceeded to wear a few different hats during my time there), and we built out a new business unit focused on rural broadband infrastructure deployment. My time at CloudWyze was quite the adventure - we raised tens of millions in private equity and public grant funds, we increased our team headcount by 5x, we built strong relationships with county / municipal governments across Eastern NC, and we deployed high speed internet infrastructure to areas of NC that previously had no good broadband options. Toward the end of 2024, five years after we began building out the rural broadband division of the company, we existed our investment by selling it to another internet provider in an adjacent area of the state.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Over a two year period of rapid software development iteration, our LykeWyze team built an entertainment-based SaaS marketing technology that auto-targeted viral content for clients in order to assemble online pools of their ideal future customers. After finding product-market fit and serving beta customers, we exited LykeWyze by selling the intellectual property.

Greater New York City Area

Nemean Pride first began as a Search Fund, which is an operator-led private investment firm with a single purpose - acquiring and managing one high-quality company in the U.S. I completed my search in 3 months, and acquired a small software company called LykeWyze.

Greater New York City Area

I joined Brooks Brothers with the purpose of building out a new global center of excellence to enhance the systems and operations of Brooks Brothers, most specifically pertaining to supply chain activities. Put simply, I was tasked with identifying any areas in the supply chain where additional value could be found, and then with extracting that value by implementing new processes and technologies, and by encouraging new team standards and focus. While at Brooks Brothers, I completed my MBA at NYU Stern in just over two years, specializing in both finance and strategy.

Greater New York City Area

At Capgemini Consulting, I served as an operations and technology consultant, where I analyzed client companies to find operational improvement opportunities, particularly those where new technology could be leveraged. I then joined one of our client companies, Brooks Brothers, to serve there as an internal operations consultant.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, Business Law, And Strategy

Activities and Societies: Private Equity Club, Law and Business Club, Entrepreneurs Exchange Club

Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Italian minor, Philosophy focus