Investing Profile

Nitesh Banta

AngelFounderInvestorVC

Co-Founder & CEO at B12. Angel investor, Co-founder & Advisor at Rough Draft Ventures

stellar.capitalNew York, New York

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Current Investing Position

Stellar Capital Angel

Investment Range

$25K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

Nitesh Banta's Investments On Record (90)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
howie	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Lindel Eakman (Foundry Group), Nate DaPore (Roo Partners), Julian Weisser (Kepler Operator’s Fund), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Bobby Goodlatte, Diego Oppenheimer, David J. Phillips, Roger Dickey
Mem0	Pre SeedSep 2024$500K	$21M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Scott Belsky, Dharmesh Shah
Protege	SeedSep 2024$10M	$35M
Co-investors: Saar Gur (CRV), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Adam D'Angelo, Travis May
Chai Discovery	SeedSep 2024$30M	$100M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF)
Vybe	SeedAug 2024$5M	$8.5M
Co-investors: Ali Partovi (Neo), Sylvain Zimmer (50 Partners), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), William Levy, Ron Pragides, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Weil, Thibaud Elziere
Cognition	Series AApr 2024$180M	$900M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Elad Gil, Tony Xu, John Collison, Karim Atiyeh, bill weathersby
Draftboard	SeedApr 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Amanda Herson (Founder Collective), Nico Berardi (Animo Ventures), Antonio Osio (Animo Ventures), David Stark (Ground Up Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below)
Varda	Series BApr 2024$90M SeedDec 2020$9M	$500M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Justin Mateen, Mattia Astori, Vineet Jain, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Austin Ogilvie, William Miller, Sahin Boydas, Sohila Zadran