Nicholas Lukens Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Managing Partner

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

Nicholas Lukens General Information

Biography

Mr. Nicholas Lukens serves as Managing Partner at Breakwall Equity. He served as Managing Director & Member of the Heritage Fund Investment Committee at Marlin Equity Partners. His primary responsibilities at Marlin include deal qualification, conducting due diligence, transaction execution, and portfolio monitoring. Prior to joining Marlin, he worked at Vector Capital where he specialized in management buyouts, take-private transactions, corporate divestitures, and operational restructurings across the application, infrastructure, industrial, and consumer technology sectors. Prior thereto, Mr. Lukens worked at Merrill Lynch in the technology investment banking group, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and other strategic advisory initiatives. Mr. Lukens earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Partner, Breakwall Equity
Education
Georgetown University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Male
Address
  • Hermosa Beach, CA
  • United States

Nicholas Lukens Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Breakwall Equity Investor Managing Partner Hermosa Beach, CA PE/Buyout

Nicholas Lukens Lead Partner on Deals (8)

Nicholas Lukens has been the lead partner on 8 deals. Their latest deal was with Altvia Solutions, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made on 18-Jul-2022.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Altvia Solutions 18-Jul-2022 Buyout/LBO Completed Business/Productivity Software Broomfield, CO
Enyx 10-May-2022 Completed Financial Software Paris, France
Exegy 20-May-2021 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Saint Louis, MO
Vela Trading Systems 20-May-2021 Completed Business/Productivity Software New York, NY
PBHS 10-Feb-2021 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Santa Rosa, CA
Smartlinx Solutions 25-Mar-2020 Completed Business/Productivity Software Iselin, NJ
Revenue Well Systems 23-Dec-2019 Buyout/LBO Completed Other Healthcare Technology Systems Bannockburn, IL
FrontStream 20-May-2018 Buyout/LBO Completed Social/Platform Software Claymont, DE

Nicholas Lukens Network (147)

Board Members (8)

Name Company Representing Location From
Gerry DeBlasi JD IPValue Management IPValue Management Santa Clara, CA
Charles Harris III IPValue Management The Goldman Sachs Group Santa Clara, CA
IPValue Management Vector Capital (California) Santa Clara, CA
IPValue Management Self Santa Clara, CA
IPValue Management Self Santa Clara, CA

Portfolio Executives (126)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Michael Belding Altvia Solutions Chief Technology Officer 18-Jul-2022 Broomfield, CO
Morgan Pearson Altvia Solutions Digital Growth Manager 18-Jul-2022 Broomfield, CO
Altvia Solutions Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 18-Jul-2022 Broomfield, CO
Altvia Solutions President & Chief Executive Officer 18-Jul-2022 Broomfield, CO
Altvia Solutions Co-Founder 18-Jul-2022 Broomfield, CO

Fund Team Members (13)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Jeremy Nakache Marlin Equity Partners Marlin Heritage II Hermosa Beach, CA
Daniel Spradling Marlin Equity Partners Marlin Heritage II Hermosa Beach, CA
Marlin Equity Partners Hermosa Beach, CA
Marlin Equity Partners Hermosa Beach, CA
Marlin Equity Partners Hermosa Beach, CA

Nicholas Lukens Affiliated Funds (2)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Marlin Heritage Europe II Marlin Equity Partners Buyout Closed 2021
Marlin Heritage II Marlin Equity Partners Buyout Closed 2017

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