Karen Bent

Karen Bent’s public LinkedIn profile identifies her as based in Fruitland Park, Florida and affiliated with Karen L. Bent Trust Administration Services, Inc. Her LinkedIn “About” text states that she has been in the trust industry and investment-management arena since 1979. The same profile lists Florida Trust School in her education history and links to St. Nicholas Private Asset Management’s website.

Public nonprofit records also connect Bent to trust and fiduciary work. Grantmakers.io lists Karen Bent as a co-trustee of the Marian S. Shuck Scholarship Trust Created U/A Dated May 23, 2002, a Fruitland Park, Florida scholarship trust with reported assets of about $3.1 million in its tax year 2024 filing.

St. Nicholas Private Asset Management, Inc. is a Jacksonville-based SEC-registered investment adviser. The SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database lists the firm as St. Nicholas Private Asset Management, Inc., CRD #132500 / SEC #801-120978, with SEC registration approved on April 29, 2021. SEC EDGAR filings list the firm’s business address as 6817 Southpoint Parkway, Suite 1204, Jacksonville, FL 32216.

The stub data describes Bent as an angel investor focused on seed rounds, but I could not verify that classification from primary public sources. The reliable public record instead points to trust administration, investment management, and private-client asset management rather than startup venture investing.

• No verified personal angel-investing thesis, startup stage focus, check size, or portfolio was found for Karen Bent.
• St. Nicholas Private Asset Management publicly describes its services as investment management, financial planning, tax planning, IRA rollovers, retirement planning, and wealth preservation.
• Third-party adviser-profile sources summarize St. Nicholas as serving high-net-worth individuals and providing portfolio management for individuals and small businesses.
• Public Form 13F filings show St. Nicholas as an institutional investment manager holding public equities, not as a venture fund or startup investor.
• Based on the verified record, Bent should be treated as a trust and investment-management contact, not a confirmed seed-stage startup investor.