Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

VC
Partner at NKM Capital
nkmcap.comBoston, Massachusetts
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Nurzhas Makishev's investing connections

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6 Investors

Connected to Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Fred Wilson (Flatiron Partners), Chian Gong (Reach Capital), and 3 other investors on Signal.

Networks Nurzhas is a member of
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
475 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
248 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
248 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
226 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), Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Thomas Cuvelier (none)
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Samvit Ramadurgam
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$17M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Gaurav Jain (Founder Collective), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Sunny Dhillon (Kyber Knight Capital), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Sam Altman, Tikhon Bernstam, John Collison
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Partech Ventures), Dylan Taylor
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$85M
Co-investors: Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), J J (GreaterGoodSociety)
Smarking
SeedMay 2015$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Drew Volpe (First Star Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures)
Flexport
Series AApr 2014$7M
$2.2B
Co-investors: Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Aly Walji (Sparq Capital (SFO)), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Ben Braverman (Saga), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Scott Belsky (A24), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Joshua Reeves, Rashaun Williams, Gianni Martire

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - Present
Investor RipplingPresent
Investor DeepgramPresent
Investor Astranis Space TechnologiesPresent
Investor Relativity SpacePresent
Investor Eight SleepPresent
Investor RobinhoodPresent
Investor CartaPresent
Founder & Managing Partner NKM CapitalPresent
Investor Rocket MoneyPresent
Investor LyftPresent
Investor RipplePresent
Investor CruisePresent
VC VenrockPresent
Angel Investor NewCoPresent
Cofounder NextonPresent
Investment Banker Bank of AmericaPresent
Contestant International Mathematical OlympiadPresent
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