Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

VC
Partner at NKM Capital
nkmcap.comBoston, Massachusetts
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Networks Nurzhas is a member of
NewCo Network
1602 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
1047 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
621 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
621 CONNECTIONS
J.P. Morgan Network
511 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
NKM Capital 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), Austin Levitt (Sequoia Capital), Kristin Baker Spohn (BAM Elevate), Thomas Cuvelier (none), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$8M
$17M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures), Samvit Ramadurgam (Equidate), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Alexander Pack (Hack VC)
Cruise LLC
Series ASep 2015$13M
$17M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), 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 (Arboretum Ventures), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Julia Hang (Vesey Ventures), Barry Silbert (Grayscale Investments), Kingsley Advani (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Venture Capital), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Jai Choi (Partech Ventures), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures), Justin Waldron (Xfund), Dylan Taylor (Morgan Brook Capital)
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$86M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Barry Silbert (Grayscale Investments), Jeremy Liew (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), Tim Kendall
Smarking
SeedMay 2015$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Jeff Arnold (Depth Ventures), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), Drew Volpe (First Star (fka Procyon Ventures)), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures)
Flexport
Series AApr 2014$7M
$2.2B
Co-investors: Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Gianni Martire (University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory), Yuri Sagalov (Wayfinder Ventures), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Mikhail Seregine (CircleUp Growth Partners), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Ben Braverman (Saga), Aly Walji (Sparq Capital (SFO)), Rashaun Williams, Joshua Reeves, Shane Neman

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - Present
Angel Investor StartupsPresent
Founder & CEO Stealth Company (Nurzhas M.)Present
Founder & CEO TimelyAI(Acquired by upstage)Present
Contestant International Mathematical OlympiadPresent
Investment Banker Bank of AmericaPresent
Cofounder NextonPresent
Angel Investor NewCoPresent
VC VenrockPresent
Investor CruisePresent
Investor RipplePresent
Investor LyftPresent
Investor Rocket MoneyPresent
Founder & Managing Partner NKM CapitalPresent
Investor CartaPresent
Investor RobinhoodPresent
Investor Eight SleepPresent
Investor Relativity SpacePresent
Investor Astranis Space TechnologiesPresent
Investor DeepgramPresent
Investor RipplingPresent
Product Strategy & Commercialization Google2014 - 2014
Product Strategy Manager, Software Engineer Oracle2009 - 2013
Cofounder Startups Inc2011 - 2012
Investment Banker J.P. Morgan2008 - 2008
Researcher MIT Media Lab2005 - 2007
Investment Banker Banc of America Securities2007 - 2007

Nurzhas Makishev's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor's degrees B.S., Computer Science and Engineering; B.S., Economics; MIT max, completed: Mathematics, Management
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Master's degree MPA
Harvard Kennedy School Master's degree MPA
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

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