Investing Profile

Nakul Mandan(1)

VCInvestorFounder

Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

nakulmandan.comSan Francisco, California

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Networks Nakul is a member of

Deutsche Bank Network

183 CONNECTIONS

Battery Ventures Network

75 CONNECTIONS

Battery Ventures Network

75 CONNECTIONS

Lightspeed Venture Partners Network

66 CONNECTIONS

Lightspeed Venture Partners Network

66 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Venture Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Nakul Mandan's Investments On Record (15)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Multiverse	Series EMay 2026$70M Series DJun 2022$220M Series CSep 2021$130M Series BJan 2021$44M Series AJul 2019$16M SeedSep 2018$4M	$500M
Co-investors: Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic), Anil Aggarwal (Oak HC/FT), Nicole Quinn (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Alex Kayyal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Mike Hudack, Kevin Lin, Nate Mitchell
Avoca	Series BApr 2026$130M	$130M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners), Grace Ge (Menlo Ventures), Mike Dauber (Amplify Partners), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Todd Breeden (Tuhaye Venture Partners), Charley Ma (Exponent Founders Capital), Krishna Gupta (Lunate), Diana Hu (Y Combinator), Leigh Marie Braswell (Kleiner Perkins), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Jishnu Bhattacharjee (Nexus Venture Partners)
Tezi	SeedJul 2024$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Michael Ma (Liquid 2 Ventures), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Marco Zappacosta (Unknown Ventures), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons)
Jamix	Pre SeedFeb 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Bobby Lo, Oleg Rogynskyy
Vartana	Series BMay 2023$20M SeedJan 2022$7M	$46M
Co-investors: Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), Vivek Patel (Postmates), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital)
Backstory	Series DAug 2021$100M Series CMay 2019$60M Series BOct 2018$30M Series AMay 2017$7M	$200M
Co-investors: Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Yevgen Sysoyev (Aventures Capital), Sam Kwok (Garage Technology Ventures), Benjamin Boyer (Tenaya Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Ashish Toshniwal, Dharmesh Shah
Superpeer	SeedNov 2020$8M	$10M
Co-investors: Patrick Finnegan (Intuition Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Matt Gibstein (Goodwater Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Steve Schlafman, Jesse Leimgruber, Paul Yacoubian
FortressIQ	Series BMay 2020$30M Series ADec 2018$12M	$46M
Co-investors: Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Tamara Steffens (Thomson Reuters Ventures)

Nakul Mandan's Media (2)

What I look for in an early stage enterprise software investment? — NAKUL MANDAN

www.nakulmandan.com

Thoughts that inform my investment decision making these days… — NAKUL MANDAN

www.nakulmandan.com

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

Board Member and Investor buildingconnectedPresent

Board Observer and Investor GainsightPresent

Investor Battery VenturesPresent

Board Member FortressIQPresent

Board Member AbstractPresent

Board Member and Lead investor People.aiPresent

Board Member GainsightPresent

Board Member and Investor BuildingConnectedPresent

Board Member TechProcess Payment ServicesPresent

Board Member ReflektivePresent

Board Member and Lead Investor FortressIQPresent

Founder and Partner Audacious VenturesPresent

Board Member and Lead Investor MultiversePresent

Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent

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.

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