Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

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nkmcap.comBoston, Massachusetts
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6 Investors

Connected to Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Chian Gong (Reach Capital), and 3 other investors on Signal.

Networks Nurzhas is a member of
Google Network
312 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
216 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
J.P. Morgan Network
66 CONNECTIONS
Oracle Network
53 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
NKM Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
9

Nurzhas Makishev is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nurzhas Makishev's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Archy
SeedNov 2022$6M
$45M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Thomas Cuvelier (RTP Global), Austin Levitt (TCV), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Samvit Ramadurgam, Alex Pack
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, John Collison, Emmett Shear, Travis VanderZanden, Colin Carrier, Tikhon Bernstam
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Wei Hopeman (Arbor Ventures), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Matt Mazzeo, Dylan Taylor
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$86M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Tim Kendall
Smarking
SeedMay 2015$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Drew Volpe (First Star Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Jeff Arnold, Greg Brockman
Flexport
Series AApr 2014$7M
$2.2B
Co-investors: Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Ben Braverman (Saga), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Gianni Martire, Mikhail Seregine, Scott Banister, Joshua Reeves, Scott Belsky, Rashaun Williams, Shane Neman, Russell Cook

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - Present
Product Strategy & Commercialization Google2014 - 2014
Product Strategy Manager, Software Engineer Oracle2009 - 2013
Cofounder Startups Inc2011 - 2012
Investment Banker J.P. Morgan2008 - 2008
Investment Banker Banc of America Securities2007 - 2007
Researcher MIT Media Lab2005 - 2007

Nurzhas Makishev's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. Computer Science and Engineering; B.S., Economics; MIT max, completed: Mathematics, Management
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Master's degree MPA
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Master of Business Administration - MBA
National Physics and Mathematics School Valedictorian National Gold Medal