Investing Profile

Nakul Mandan(1)

VCInvestorFounder
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
nakulmandan.comSan Francisco, California
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Nakul Mandan's investing connections

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2 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital).

Networks Nakul is a member of
Deutsche Bank Network
86 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
54 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
54 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
54 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
54 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
29

Nakul Mandan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nakul Mandan's Investments On Record (14)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Tezi
SeedJul 2024$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Michael Ma (Liquid 2 Ventures), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Marco Zappacosta (Thumbtack, Inc.), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons)
Jamix
Pre SeedFeb 2024$3M
$3M
Vartana
Series BMay 2023$20M
SeedJan 2022$7M
$46M
Co-investors: Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Vivek Patel (Hyphen Capital)
Multiverse
Series DJun 2022$220M
Series CSep 2021$130M
Series BJan 2021$44M
Series AJul 2019$16M
SeedSep 2018$4M
$430M
Co-investors: Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Alex Kayyal (Salesforce Ventures)
Backstory
Series DAug 2021$100M
Series CMay 2019$60M
Series BOct 2018$30M
Series AMay 2017$7M
$200M
Co-investors: Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Sam Kwok (Garage Technology Ventures), Benjamin Boyer (Tenaya Capital), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Dharmesh Shah
Superpeer
SeedNov 2020$8M
$10M
Co-investors: Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Steve Schlafman
FortressIQ
Series BMay 2020$30M
Series ADec 2018$12M
$46M
Co-investors: Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures)
WorkOS
SeedMar 2020
$95M
Co-investors: Anoushka Vaswani (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Scott Belsky (A24), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Mathilde Collin, Akshay Kothari

most interested in

SaaS, B2B marketplaces, professional communities/LinkedIn for vertical markets, Prosumer

not interested in

Hardware

Nakul Mandan's Experience

Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2020 - Present
Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent
Board Member and Lead Investor MultiversePresent
Founder and Partner Audacious VenturesPresent
Board Member and Lead Investor FortressIQPresent
Board Member ReflektivePresent
Board Member TechProcess Payment ServicesPresent
Board Member and Investor BuildingConnectedPresent
Board Member GainsightPresent
Board Member and Lead investor People.aiPresent
Board Member AbstractPresent
Board Member FortressIQPresent
Investor Battery VenturesPresent
Board Observer and Investor GainsightPresent
Vice President Battery Ventures2009 - 2014
Associate Blue River Capital2006 - 2009
Analyst Deutsche Bank2005 - 2006

Nakul Mandan's Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow MBA
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur B.Tech.