Founding Team
Aline Maingard
Founding Partner – Strategy, Capital & Ecosystems
Aline is a cross-border strategist, ecosystem designer, and capital partner. She has built her career across strategy consulting, innovation ecosystems, and venture platforms—working with entrepreneurs, family offices, and corporations through complex growth and transition phases in the Americas. Previously, she led high-impact initiatives at Deloitte, Accenture, and Morgan Stanley helping build bridges across sectors and geographies.
She has co-chaired the U.S.–Mexico Certified Trade Mission, and acts as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs, and builds networks for next-gen stakeholders, women leaders and allocators. Fluent in Spanish, English, and French, Aline is widely recognized for catalyzing inclusive leadership, guiding generational succession, and translating purpose into high-impact structures.
At NURA PARTNERS, she guides cross-border strategy, capital alignment, and ecosystem architecture so that values, growth, and legacy are integrated.
Ulrick Noel
Founding Partner – Ventures, Technology, M&A & Investment Strategy
Ulrick is a versatile strategist, operator, technologist, and investor. As an MIT Sloan MBA alum, he has combined roles in strategy consulting, corporate M&A, startup scaling, and venture investing. He has advised major corporations on M&A, integration, global strategy, and product growth, and co-founded ventures in fintech, software, and energy. His hands-on experience spans sector verticals like financial services, clean tech, e-commerce, and enterprise software.
He also served in senior roles at firms like Bain & Company, A.T. Kearney, and CEMEX, mentored founders at Endeavor, and taught entrepreneurship and innovation. His strength lies in weaving together a boardroom vision, investment discipline, and operational execution.
At NURA PARTNERS, Ulrick leads ventures, technology, and investment strategy, helping families and allocators structure growth, manage acquisitions, and scale ventures across borders.