Investing Profile

Nitesh Banta

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Co-Founder & CEO at B12. Angel investor, Co-founder & Advisor at Rough Draft Ventures
stellar.capitalNew York, New York
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Google Network
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Harvard University Network
258 CONNECTIONS
General Catalyst Partners Network
13 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Stellar Capital Angel
Investment Range
$25K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
97

Nitesh Banta is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nitesh Banta's Investments On Record (88)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Protege
SeedSep 2024$10M
$35M
Co-investors: Saar Gur (CRV), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Travis May, Adam D'Angelo
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, Kevin Weil, Thibaud Elziere, Ron Pragides, Kelvin Beachum Jr.
Cognition
Series AApr 2024$180M
$1B
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), bill weathersby, John Collison, Tony Xu, Karim Atiyeh
Draftboard
SeedApr 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Amanda Herson (Founder Collective), Antonio Osio (Animo Ventures), Nico Berardi (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), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Tahseen Rashid (HOF Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Jon Dishotsky (Giant Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Sahin Boydas, Austin Ogilvie, William Miller, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Sohila Zadran, Justin Mateen, Vineet Jain
Software Applications Incorporated
SeedNov 2023$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Jack Abraham (Atomic), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sam Altman
Keychain
SeedNov 2023$18M
$63M
Co-investors: Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), David Tisch (BoxGroup)

Nitesh Banta's Experience

National Youth Council American Red CrossPresent
Co-founder & CEO B12Present
Founding Team Getaround2009 - Present
VC General Catalyst Partners2015
Customer Insights Google2008 - 2008

Nitesh Banta's Education

Harvard University BA Social Studies
Singularity U GSP Finance, Entrepreneurship and Technology