Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

VC
Partner at NKM Capital
nkmcap.comBoston, Massachusetts
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6 Investors

Connected to Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Fred Wilson (Flatiron Partners), Chian Gong (Reach Capital), and 3 other investors on Signal.

Networks Nurzhas is a member of
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
475 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
249 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
249 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
225 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
NKM Capital Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
9

Nurzhas Makishev is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nurzhas Makishev's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Archy
SeedNov 2022$6M
$45M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Thomas Cuvelier (none), Austin Levitt (TCV), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Samvit Ramadurgam
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$17M
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Gaurav Jain (Founder Collective), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Kyber Knight Capital), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), Sam Altman, John Collison, Emmett Shear, Tikhon Bernstam, Travis VanderZanden
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Jai Choi (Partech Ventures), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Justin Waldron, Dylan Taylor
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$86M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Tim Kendall
Smarking
SeedMay 2015$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Drew Volpe (First Star Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Greg Brockman, Jeff Arnold
Flexport
Series AApr 2014$7M
$2.2B
Co-investors: David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Scott Belsky (A24), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Ben Braverman (Saga), Aly Walji (Sparq Capital (SFO)), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Rashaun Williams, Gianni Martire, Joshua Reeves, Mikhail Seregine, Russell Cook

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - Present
Investor RipplingPresent
Investor DeepgramPresent
Investor Astranis Space TechnologiesPresent
Investor Relativity SpacePresent
Investor Eight SleepPresent
Investor RobinhoodPresent
Investor CartaPresent
Founder & Managing Partner NKM CapitalPresent
Investor Rocket MoneyPresent
Investor LyftPresent
Investor RipplePresent
Investor CruisePresent
VC VenrockPresent
Angel Investor NewCoPresent
Cofounder NextonPresent
Investment Banker Bank of AmericaPresent
Contestant International Mathematical OlympiadPresent
Product Strategy & Commercialization Google2014 - 2014
Product Strategy Manager, Software Engineer Oracle2009 - 2013
Cofounder Startups Inc2011 - 2012
Investment Banker J.P. Morgan2008 - 2008
Researcher MIT Media Lab2005 - 2007
Investment Banker Banc of America Securities2007 - 2007

Nurzhas Makishev's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor's degrees B.S., Computer Science and Engineering; B.S., Economics; MIT max, completed: Mathematics, Management
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Master's degree MPA
Harvard Kennedy School Master's degree MPA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. Computer Science and Engineering; B.S., Economics; MIT max, completed: Mathematics, Management
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Master's degree MPA
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Master of Business Administration - MBA
National Physics and Mathematics School Valedictorian National Gold Medal