Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

VC
Partner at NKM Capital
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
NewCo Network
1598 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
703 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
392 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
392 CONNECTIONS
J.P. Morgan Network
318 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), Austin Levitt (Sequoia Capital), Thomas Cuvelier (none), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$8M
$19M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Samvit Ramadurgam
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Kyber Knight Capital), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jim Scheinman (Zoom Video Communications), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Emmett Shear, John Collison, Travis VanderZanden, Sam Altman, Colin Carrier, Satya Nadella, Tikhon Bernstam
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Wei Hopeman (Arboretum Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures (ICCA Labs)), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), 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, Dylan Taylor
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$86M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), 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), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Ben Braverman (Saga), Aly Walji (Sparq Capital (SFO)), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), 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), Shane Neman, Joshua Reeves, Rashaun Williams, Gianni Martire, Mikhail Seregine

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - 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