Investing Profile

Nakul Mandan(1)

VCInvestorFounder
Founder and Partner at Audacious Ventures
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 (Y Combinator).

Networks Nakul is a member of
Deutsche Bank Network
51 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
36 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
33 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Audacious Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
26

Nakul Mandan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nakul Mandan's Investments On Record (12)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Tezi
SeedJul 2024$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Marco Zappacosta, Michael Ma
Jamix
Pre SeedFeb 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Bobby Lo, Oleg Rogynskyy
Vartana
Series BMay 2023$20M
SeedJan 2022$7M
$46M
Co-investors: Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Vivek Patel
Multiverse
Series DJun 2022$220M
Series CSep 2021$130M
Series BJan 2021$44M
Series AJul 2019$16M
SeedSep 2018$4M
$430M
Co-investors: Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Anil Aggarwal (Oak HC/FT), Nate Mitchell, Anne Wojcicki, Kevin Lin
People.ai
Series DAug 2021$100M
Series CMay 2019$60M
Series BOct 2018$30M
Series AMay 2017$7M
$300M
Co-investors: Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Alan Leong (Sand Hill Angels), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Yevgen Sysoyev (Aventures Capital), Sam Kwok (Garage Technology Ventures), Benjamin Boyer (Tenaya Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Ashish Toshniwal, Dharmesh Shah
Superpeer
SeedNov 2020$8M
$10M
Co-investors: Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Patrick Finnegan (Intuition Capital), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Scott Belsky, Paul Yacoubian, Steve Schlafman, Matt Gibstein, Jesse Leimgruber
FortressIQ
Series BMay 2020$30M
Series ADec 2018$12M
$46M
Co-investors: Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Tamara Steffens (Thomson Reuters Ventures)
WorkOS
SeedMar 2020
$95M
Co-investors: Joe Morrissey (Andreessen Horowitz), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Lachy Groom (LGF), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Gokul Rajaram, Christian Reber, Guillermo Rauch, Scott Belsky, 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
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.