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
311 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
212 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), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg, Alex Pack, Samvit Ramadurgam
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Sam Altman, Tikhon Bernstam, Colin Carrier, Travis VanderZanden, Emmett Shear, Satya Nadella, 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), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Wei Hopeman (Arbor Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), 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: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Scott Banister, Mikhail Seregine, Gianni Martire, 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