Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

Partner at NKM Capital

nkmcap.comBoston, Massachusetts

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NewCo Network

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network

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J.P. Morgan Network

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Current Investing Position

NKM Capital Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$250K

Investments On Record

Nurzhas Makishev's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Archy	SeedNov 2022$6M	$45M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Austin Levitt (Sequoia Capital), Kristin Baker Spohn (BAM Elevate), Thomas Cuvelier (none), Fidji Simo
Numerai	SeedApr 2016$8M	$17M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures), Samvit Ramadurgam (Equidate), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Alexander Pack (Hack VC)
Cruise	Series ASep 2015$13M	$2B
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Colin Carrier (Angel investor), Daniel Gross (Various), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Jeff Schox (Schox Venture Capital), Tikhon Bernstam, Sam Altman, John Collison, Emmett Shear, Travis VanderZanden, Satya Nadella
Abra	Series ASep 2015$13M	$100M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), Wei Hopeman (Arboretum Ventures), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Julia Hang (Vesey Ventures), Barry Silbert (Grayscale Investments), Kingsley Advani (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop	SeedAug 2015$120K	$16M
Co-investors: Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Jai Choi (Partech Ventures), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures), Justin Waldron (Xfund), Dylan Taylor (Morgan Brook Capital), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA)
Ripple	Series AMay 2015$28M	$86M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Barry Silbert (Grayscale Investments), Jeremy Liew (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Tim Kendall
Smarking	SeedMay 2015$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), Drew Volpe (First Star Ventures), Jeff Arnold
Flexport	Series AApr 2014$7M	$2.2B
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Mikhail Seregine (CircleUp Growth Partners), Gianni Martire (University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), 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), 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), Joshua Reeves, Rashaun Williams, Shane Neman

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - Present

Contestant International Mathematical OlympiadPresent

Investment Banker Bank of AmericaPresent

Cofounder NextonPresent

Angel Investor NewCoPresent

VC VenrockPresent

Investor CruisePresent

Investor RipplePresent

Investor LyftPresent

Investor Rocket MoneyPresent

Founder & Managing Partner NKM CapitalPresent

Investor CartaPresent

Investor RobinhoodPresent

Investor Eight SleepPresent

Investor Relativity SpacePresent

Investor Astranis Space TechnologiesPresent

Investor DeepgramPresent

Investor RipplingPresent

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

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