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: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Lindel Eakman (Foundry Group), Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), 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), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Roo Partners), Roger Dickey, Diego Oppenheimer, Bobby Goodlatte, 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: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Lachy Groom (LGF)
Vybe	SeedAug 2024$5M	$19M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Ali Partovi (Neo), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Taro Fukuyama (Pioneer Fund), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), Sylvain Zimmer (50 Partners), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Ron Pragides, Tien Tzuo, Surahbi Gupta, Shishir Mehrotra, Thibaud Elziere, Mathilde Collin, William Levy, Kevin Weil, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Stephane Kasriel
Cognition	Series AApr 2024$180M	$900M
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Tony Xu, John Collison, Karim Atiyeh, bill weathersby, Patrick Collison, Elad Gil
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)