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: Bobby Lo, Oleg Rogynskyy
Vartana
Series BMay 2023$20M
SeedJan 2022$7M
$46M
Co-investors: Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), 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
$440M
Co-investors: Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Anil Aggarwal (Oak HC/FT), Kevin Lin, Nate Mitchell, Anne Wojcicki, Mike Hudack
People.ai
Series DAug 2021$100M
Series CMay 2019$60M
Series BOct 2018$30M
Series AMay 2017$7M
$300M
Co-investors: Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Alan Leong (Sand Hill Angels), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Benjamin Boyer (Tenaya Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Yevgen Sysoyev (Aventures Capital), Sam Kwok (Garage Technology Ventures), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Dharmesh Shah, Ashish Toshniwal
Superpeer
SeedNov 2020$8M
$10M
Co-investors: Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Patrick Finnegan (Intuition Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Scott Belsky, Matt Gibstein, Steve Schlafman, Jesse Leimgruber, Paul Yacoubian
FortressIQ
Series BMay 2020$30M
Series ADec 2018$12M
$46M
Co-investors: Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Tamara Steffens (Thomson Reuters Ventures)
WorkOS
SeedMar 2020
$95M
Co-investors: Joe Morrissey (Andreessen Horowitz), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Lachy Groom (LGF), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Gokul Rajaram, Christian Reber, Guillermo Rauch, Mathilde Collin, Scott Belsky, Akshay Kothari

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.