Investing Profile

Nakul Mandan(1)

VCInvestorFounder
Founder and Partner at Audacious Ventures
nakulmandan.comSan Francisco, California
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Nakul Mandan's investing connections

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2 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Garry Tan (Y Combinator).

Networks Nakul is a member of
Deutsche Bank Network
52 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
36 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
33 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Audacious Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
26

Nakul Mandan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nakul Mandan's Investments On Record (12)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Tezi
SeedJul 2024$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Marco Zappacosta, Michael Ma
Jamix
Pre SeedFeb 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Oleg Rogynskyy, Bobby Lo
Vartana
Series BMay 2023$20M
SeedJan 2022$7M
$46M
Co-investors: Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Vivek Patel
Multiverse
Series DJun 2022$220M
Series CSep 2021$130M
Series BJan 2021$44M
Series AJul 2019$16M
SeedSep 2018$4M
$430M
Co-investors: John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Anil Aggarwal (Oak HC/FT), Mike Hudack, Kevin Lin, Nate Mitchell, Anne Wojcicki
People.ai
Series DAug 2021$100M
Series CMay 2019$60M
Series BOct 2018$30M
Series AMay 2017$7M
$300M
Co-investors: Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Alan Leong (Sand Hill Angels), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Benjamin Boyer (Tenaya Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Yevgen Sysoyev (Aventures Capital), Sam Kwok (Garage Technology Ventures), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Dharmesh Shah, Ashish Toshniwal
Superpeer
SeedNov 2020$8M
$10M
Co-investors: Patrick Finnegan (Intuition Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Paul Yacoubian, Jesse Leimgruber, Matt Gibstein, Steve Schlafman, Scott Belsky
FortressIQ
Series BMay 2020$30M
Series ADec 2018$12M
$46M
Co-investors: Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Tamara Steffens (Thomson Reuters Ventures)
WorkOS
SeedMar 2020
$95M
Co-investors: Joe Morrissey (Andreessen Horowitz), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Guillermo Rauch, Christian Reber, Gokul Rajaram, Scott Belsky, Akshay Kothari, Mathilde Collin

most interested in

SaaS, B2B marketplaces, professional communities/LinkedIn for vertical markets, Prosumer

not interested in

Hardware

Nakul Mandan's Experience

Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2020 - Present
Vice President Battery Ventures2009 - 2014
Associate Blue River Capital2006 - 2009
Analyst Deutsche Bank2005 - 2006

Nakul Mandan's Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow MBA
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur B.Tech.