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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
304 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
199 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
176 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

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Nurzhas Makishev's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Archy
SeedNov 2022$6M
$10M
Co-investors: Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Thomas Cuvelier (Alven), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), 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: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), 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), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Tikhon Bernstam, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Colin Carrier, Travis VanderZanden, Emmett Shear, 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), 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), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
Series UnknownSep 2015
$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), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), 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: Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Scott Belsky, Gianni Martire, Rashaun Williams, Joshua Reeves, Scott Banister, Kevin Kwok, Shane Neman, Mikhail Seregine, 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