Investing Profile

Kara Nortman(897)

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Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures

upfront.com/team/Los Angeles, California

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Kara Nortman's investing connections

133 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 130 other investors on Signal.

Networks Kara is a member of

Princeton University Network

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Stanford Graduate School of Business Network

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Upfront Ventures Network

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Current Investing Position

Upfront Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$750K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$400M

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Kara Nortman's Investments On Record (15)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Stage	SeedJun 2022$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Ben Gorman (F Prime Capital), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey, Scott Belsky
Dayslice	SeedApr 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Claire Hughes Johnson
Endgame	Series BFeb 2022$30M SeedJul 2021$5M SeedJan 2021$5M	$130M
Co-investors: Joe Morrissey (Andreessen Horowitz), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), David Cowan (Bessemer Venture Partners), Naomi Pilosof Ionita (Menlo Ventures), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Ken Minihan (Paladin Capital Group), Garth Timoll (Top Tier Capital Partners), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Laura Yao (EQT Ventures), Eli Rubel (Offline Ventures), Peter Kazanjy, Kenny Van Zant, Yvonne Wassenaar, Zhenya Loginov
Eterneva	Series AJul 2021$10M	$16M
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Kathryn Cavanaugh (Grace Beauty Capital), Lydia Jett (SoftBank Vision Fund), Madeline Darcy (Kaya Ventures), Cotter Cunningham (Next Coast Ventures), Aaron Perman (S3 Ventures), Charlie Plauche (S3 Ventures), Brian Smith (S3 Ventures), Shilpa Yarlagadda (StartHer), Eric Engineer (S3 Ventures), Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures), Brett Hurt (Austin Ventures), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Ian Lopatin, Suhail Doshi, Dave Balter, Brian Cruver, Ethan Austin, Mark Cuban, Thomas Vu, Jiake Liu, Vince Thompson
Britive	Series AMay 2021$10M SeedSep 2020$5M	$36M
Co-investors: Matt Bigge (Crosslink Capital), Chris Cooper (Pelion Venture Partners), Chris Cooper
Territory Foods	Series BApr 2021$22M Series AFeb 2019$4M Series AMay 2018$4M Series AMay 2017$7M SeedFeb 2016$5M	$46M
Co-investors: Karl Kerksiek (Endeavor8), Rick Lewis (U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)), Alain Bankier (Bridge Angel Investors), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Vernon Davis, Drew Koven
Stem Disintermedia	Series UnknownAug 2020$10M Series AJun 2017$8M SeedApr 2016$5M	$43M
Co-investors: Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Frank Rotman (QED Investors), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Vinny Lingham (Multicoin Capital), Mark Gillespie, Mark Cuban, Boaz Hecht, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar
Open Raven	Series AJun 2020$15M SeedFeb 2020$4M	$39M
Co-investors: Nancy Wang (Felicis Ventures), Seksom Suriyapa (Upfront Ventures), Bucky Moore (Kleiner Perkins), Jeff Kearl (Pelion Venture Partners), Oliver Friedrichs