Investing Profile

Nitesh Banta

AngelFounderInvestorVC

Co-Founder & CEO at B12. Angel investor, Co-founder & Advisor at Rough Draft Ventures

stellar.capitalNew York, New York

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Current Investing Position

Stellar Capital Angel

Investment Range

$25K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

Nitesh Banta's Investments On Record (89)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
howie	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Lindel Eakman (Foundry Group), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Roo Partners), Bobby Goodlatte, Diego Oppenheimer, Roger Dickey
Protege	SeedSep 2024$10M	$35M
Co-investors: Saar Gur (CRV), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Adam D'Angelo, Travis May
Chai Discovery	SeedSep 2024$30M	$100M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF)
Vybe	SeedAug 2024$5M	$8.5M
Co-investors: Ali Partovi (Neo), Sylvain Zimmer (50 Partners), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), William Levy, Thibaud Elziere, Ron Pragides, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Weil
Cognition	Series AApr 2024$180M	$900M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), John Collison, Tony Xu, bill weathersby, Karim Atiyeh, Elad Gil
Draftboard	SeedApr 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Amanda Herson (Founder Collective), Nico Berardi (Animo Ventures), Antonio Osio (Animo Ventures), David Stark (Ground Up Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below)
Varda	Series BApr 2024$90M SeedDec 2020$9M	$500M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Tahseen Rashid (HOF Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Justin Mateen, Sahin Boydas, Vineet Jain, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Sohila Zadran, Austin Ogilvie, William Miller
Software Applications Incorporated	SeedNov 2023$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Jack Abraham (Atomic), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sam Altman