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
310 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
210 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 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
$25M
Co-investors: Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Thomas Cuvelier (Alven), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Samvit Ramadurgam, Eric Ver Ploeg, Alex Pack
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Satya Nadella, Tikhon Bernstam, Colin Carrier, Travis VanderZanden, Emmett Shear, Sam Altman, John Collison
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), Wei Hopeman (Arbor Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), CJ Reim (Amity 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), 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), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ben Braverman (Saga), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Mikhail Seregine, Gianni Martire, Scott Banister, Russell Cook, Joshua Reeves, Scott Belsky, Rashaun Williams, Shane Neman

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