Founder · Executive · Operator
Nicolas Desmarais
Nicolas Desmarais is the chairman and co-CEO of AppDirect, the San Francisco-based B2B subscription commerce platform he co-founded with Daniel Saks in 2009 out of an apartment at age 23. AppDirect now powers digital marketplaces for thousands of providers across software, telecom, energy, hardware and AI, has raised roughly $750M, and most recently unveiled an AI-led 'everything store' for B2B procurement.