Nicolas Brillante

About

At a glance

Head of Strategic Verticals at Slash
$75MM+ ARR added
$10B+ collective GMV
Strategic angel investor

Education

Baruch College

New York, NY · 2020 - 2023

Area of Study: BBA - Finance, Law minor
Awards: Dean's Scholar, full merit-based scholarship
GPA: 4.0

Recognition

City Council Citation

New York City Council · Jan 2020

Lifesaving

Part of a New York City lifeguard operation that rescued two children from drowning. Recognized by the City Council for heroic life-saving efforts and outstanding citizenship, honoring service to the community and the City of New York.

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Writing

Stories from building, scaling revenue, and experimenting on the internet.

How I Faked a Viral $80,000 AI Disaster

Built a brainrot game on a Saturday, posted a fake $80K AI bill, and watched the story hit 5.3M views worldwide with coverage from international press that never verified it. Here’s how it happened.

Business InsiderPolymarket5.3M+ Views

Play the game → Read on Substack →

How I Added $70MM In ARR In 2 Years

Spent 10 years starting companies before ever joining one. Those skills converted into $70MM in closed ARR at Slash in two years. Here’s what I learned, and what actually transferred.

Slash$1.4B Fintech$70MM ARR

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Current

Slash

Head of Strategic Verticals

2024 - Present

Built a portfolio doing $200MM+/month in card spend and $10B+ in annual GMV
Drove nine figures in deposits across thousands of customers, including multiple $1B+ enterprises
Led partnerships expanding distribution to millions of business owners

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a day in the life

Founded

The ones that worked. Companies I founded and co-founded from scratch in the sneaker bot, collectibles, and community space, before moving into fintech.

Malice

Co-Founder

2021 - Present

Active

Personal development collective spanning mental & physical health, collectibles, education, eCommerce, finance, and non-traditional investments.

$2.4MMPeak ARR

OminousAIO

Co-Founder

2020 - 2022

Exited

The largest collectible bot the industry had seen. Automated checkout for limited-release collectibles.

$1.2MMPeak ARR

TheBotBible

Founder

2020 - 2022

Exited

Full software suite for the bot/sneaker/collectible restock market: browser extension with autofill, autocheckout, Shopify redirect, and PayPal autocheckout; a companion program with link opener and Discord automation; plus a Discord community with Twitter monitor integration.

$480KPeak ARR

PokeMRKT

Founder

2020 - 2022

Merged

The first-ever Discord reselling group for trading cards: Pokemon, Yugioh, MTG. Merged into Malice in 2022.

$420KPeak ARR

BotCookers

Co-Founder

2019 - 2020

Exited

The first one. Discord community with a Twitter backend monitor that surfaced sneaker bot restock links and passwords before the standard Twitter UI refreshed, auto-opening them in users' browsers with the password attached.

$72KPeak ARR

Investing

Building something interesting? I'd love to hear about it. Get in touch.

I invest as a strategic angel in founders I believe in. My goal is not to write a faceless check, but to help create leverage beyond capital through strategy, partnerships, and a network of founders, operators, and industry leaders.

How I support founders

Growth and distribution strategy from operators across $10B+ in GMV
Strategic introductions to founders, operators, and industry leaders
Partnership opportunities, pilots, and early customer conversations
Operator-level perspective from building and scaling companies

I invest with conviction in founders and products I believe will shape the future.