The Team
Two former traders, technologists and bootstrappers.
We have been close friends and colleagues for over a decade. We have worked together in one of the most competitive industries through all weather, both good and bad. Through the Jamestown Capital partnership we look forward to an opportunity to take what we've learnt and apply it to a small business. We believe small businesses are at the heart of any community. By operating one well we can do our part in serving the community and providing opportunities to the team.
Nate Harner
Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, I have always been passionate about technology and entrepreneurship. After building my first computer at age 12, I started a business modifying the original Xbox to turn it into a full-fledged computer. In high school, with the release of the original iPhone, I developed a geography quiz app that sold thousands of copies and helped pay for my first car.
I enrolled in college at Northwestern University, where I double majored in computer science and economics and did research in Natural Language Processing, a precursor to today’s large language models such as ChatGPT.
After graduating, I went to work as a quantitative trader at IMC, a high frequency trading firm. At IMC, I focused on using machine learning and AI to improve trading outcomes, a practice that was at the time foreign to the firm. Throughout my career at IMC, I was given the opportunity to mentor and lead a wide variety of people - from younger, tech-savy software developers, to more experienced floor traders.
I currently live in Boulder, CO, where I can combine my passion for the outdoors with the ability to participate in a thriving entrepreneurial scene.
I enrolled in college at Northwestern University, where I double majored in computer science and economics and did research in Natural Language Processing, a precursor to today’s large language models such as ChatGPT.
After graduating, I went to work as a quantitative trader at IMC, a high frequency trading firm. At IMC, I focused on using machine learning and AI to improve trading outcomes, a practice that was at the time foreign to the firm. Throughout my career at IMC, I was given the opportunity to mentor and lead a wide variety of people - from younger, tech-savy software developers, to more experienced floor traders.
I currently live in Boulder, CO, where I can combine my passion for the outdoors with the ability to participate in a thriving entrepreneurial scene.
Henry Carter
I was born into a blue collar family in a tiny town in England. My father was the facilities manager at a local industrial company and we spent many weekends together fixing and upgrading houses for ourselves and other family members. My parents instilled the need to work and I spent my teenage years working part time washing dishes and helping a local bank with their debt collection.
With a burning desire to see the rest of the world (and to no longer wash dishes) I enrolled in college at Oxford University to study physics. Post graduation I moved across the pond to Chicago to work as a quantitative trader at IMC - a global leader in high frequency trading.
IMC was small at the beginning, which gave me the opportunity to wear many hats - everything from leading teams and coaching new hires, to solving quantitative problems and writing code. I thrived in that environment and my career grew with the company. I was later promoted to become desk head and subsequently partner.
I left IMC to do something more entrepreneurial and connect with my local community - Austin, TX.
With a burning desire to see the rest of the world (and to no longer wash dishes) I enrolled in college at Oxford University to study physics. Post graduation I moved across the pond to Chicago to work as a quantitative trader at IMC - a global leader in high frequency trading.
IMC was small at the beginning, which gave me the opportunity to wear many hats - everything from leading teams and coaching new hires, to solving quantitative problems and writing code. I thrived in that environment and my career grew with the company. I was later promoted to become desk head and subsequently partner.
I left IMC to do something more entrepreneurial and connect with my local community - Austin, TX.