Founder of a listed tool
Tommy Nicholas
Co-founder and CEO, named behind the Alloy listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Tommy builds
Alloy D · Identity & business verification
Alloy is an identity and fraud decisioning platform for banks and fintechs. Its API runs onboarding journeys and evaluations that orchestrate identity, business, document and watchlist checks across third-party data vendors, with case management and ongoing monitoring.
Co-founder and CEO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Charles Hearn Co-founder and CTO
- Laura Spiekerman Co-founder and President
- Parilee Wang Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer
- Scott Clark Historical co-founder; former staff engineer
Backed by
Eniac Ventures Primary Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners Canapi Ventures Felicis Avid Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners Avenir Growth Capital
Questions
Who is Tommy Nicholas?
Tommy Nicholas co-founded Alloy in February 2015 with Laura Spiekerman and Charles Hearn and is its CEO. Alloy runs an identity decisioning platform that banks and fintech companies use for KYC, AML, fraud and credit risk. Before Alloy he was head of product at Knox Payments.
What does First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy) make?
Anchor Terminal lists Alloy from First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy). Alloy is an identity and fraud decisioning platform for banks and fintechs. Its API runs onboarding journeys and evaluations that orchestrate identity, business, document and watchlist checks across third-party data vendors, with case management and ongoing monitoring.
Who has invested in First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy)?
The sources our research read name Eniac Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Canapi Ventures, Felicis, Avid Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Avenir Growth Capital.
How are Tommy's tools graded?
Alloy is graded D, 52.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (14)
- https://uk.alloy.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommynicholas/
- https://x.com/tommyrva
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-spiekerman-7306065
- https://x.com/lauraspiekerman
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleshearn
- https://x.com/charleshearn
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/parileeedisonwang/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-spiekerman-7306065_10-years-ago-tommy-nicholas-charles-hearn-activity-7298384565885120513-xCei
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkbarz
- https://www.alloy.com/
- https://www.alloy.com/contact
- https://help.alloy.com/en/articles/16820313-contacting-alloy-support
- https://help.alloy.com/en/articles/16818493-alloy-s-support-ticket-guide-escalating-support-tickets
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