Nikkie Kent

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Red Clover

Burlington, Vermont, United States

About

Dynamic and driven Executive leader with eighteen years of experience in sales, eight of those years driving cross-functional growth in marketing, product and operations. Expertise includes building culture-changing mission driven companies, leading change initiatives at scale, driving significant revenue growth through strategic partnerships and building high performing teams.

Experience

  • Managing Partner at Red Clover Venture Partners
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    As co-founder and managing partner I lead investment strategy, support portfolio companies and foster relationships to promote women-led startups.

  • Consultant at Kent & Co.
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    I am a start-up advisor, growth strategist and thought partner who will help you build and navigate the right trajectory to reach your next level. By drawing on my own experience being in your shoes, I help elevate your growth strategy, identify your ideal product market fit, collaborate to amplify with like-minded brand partnerships and build a sales infrastructure that sets you up for success.

  • Member at Chief
    Jul 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

    I’ve just joined Chief, a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for the most powerful women executives to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them.

  • Mamava, Inc. (8 yrs)
    • Chief Revenue Officer
      Jan 2020 - Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    • Executive Vice President
      Mar 2016 - Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Mamava designs solutions for nursing mamas on the go. Mama founded, women owned, and B Certified, Mamava is the leading expert in lactation spaces, integrating the biological, physical, and emotional needs of nursing mamas into both our Mamava lactation suites and our mobile app. Mamava combines beautiful design with smart lock technology to serve the needs of the twenty-first century mama on the go, revolutionizing the breastfeeding experience for traveling and working mamas, making it more optimistic, realistic, and accessible. A category creator, Mamava is working to ensure breastfeeding is a right, not a privilege.

  • MyWebGrocer (3 yrs 7 mos)
    • Vice President, Retail Account Management
      Jan 2014 - Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Director of Account Management
      Sep 2012 - Jan 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos