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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Current Investing Position
Stellar Capital Angel
Investment Range
$25K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
101

Nitesh Banta is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nitesh Banta's Investments On Record (92)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Pelgo
SeedFeb 2026$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners)
Self Protocol
SeedNov 2025$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Jill Carlson (Slow Ventures), Casey Neistat
howie
SeedSep 2025$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Alex Tong (Information Venture Partners), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Lindel Eakman (UTIMCO), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Sarah Smith (Stanford University), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Roger Dickey, David J. Phillips
Mem0
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$21M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Dharmesh Shah
Protege
SeedSep 2024$10M
$65M
Co-investors: Saar Gur (CRV), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Travis May (Theodore Health), Adam D'Angelo
Chai Discovery
SeedSep 2024$30M
$230M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (Stripe), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT)
Vybe
SeedAug 2024$5M
$16M
Co-investors: Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Ali Partovi (Minttown), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Mathilde Collin, Ron Pragides, Shishir Mehrotra
Cognition
Series AApr 2024$180M
$900M
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), bill weathersby, Patrick Collison, John Collison, Karim Atiyeh

Nitesh Banta's Experience

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

Nitesh Banta's Education

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