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

100

Nitesh Banta's Investments On Record (91)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Self Protocol	SeedNov 2025$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Jill Carlson (Slow Ventures), Hart Lambur (Robot Ventures), Casey Neistat
howie	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Lindel Eakman (Foundry Group), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), 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), Nate DaPore (Roo Partners), Bobby Goodlatte, Diego Oppenheimer, 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), Thomas Dohmke, Lukas Biewald, Charles Zedlewski, Dharmesh Shah, Scott Belsky
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	$230M
Co-investors: Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF)
Vybe	SeedAug 2024$5M	$19M
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), Taro Fukuyama (Pioneer Fund), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Surahbi Gupta, Thibaud Elziere, Tien Tzuo, Ron Pragides, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Weil, William Levy
Cognition	Series AApr 2024$180M	$900M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Karim Atiyeh, Elad Gil, Tony Xu, John Collison, bill weathersby, Patrick Collison
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)