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
309 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
52 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: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Thomas Cuvelier (Alven), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Samvit Ramadurgam, Eric Ver Ploeg, Alex Pack
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Tikhon Bernstam, Sam Altman, John Collison, Emmett Shear, Travis VanderZanden, Satya Nadella, Colin Carrier
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), 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), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), 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), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Dylan Taylor, Matt Mazzeo
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: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Ben Braverman (Saga), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Scott Banister, Gianni Martire, Mikhail Seregine, Joshua Reeves, Scott Belsky, Russell Cook, 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