Investing Profile

Nurzhas Makishev(24)

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nkmcap.comBoston, Massachusetts
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6 Investors

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

Networks Nurzhas is a member of
Google Network
310 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
211 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 CONNECTIONS
J.P. Morgan Network
66 CONNECTIONS
Oracle Network
53 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
NKM Capital Managing 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
$25M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Thomas Cuvelier (Alven), Fidji Simo
Numerai
SeedApr 2016$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Eric Ver Ploeg, Samvit Ramadurgam
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Tikhon Bernstam, Colin Carrier, Travis VanderZanden, Emmett Shear, John Collison
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Wei Hopeman (Arbor Ventures), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
SeedAug 2015$120K
$16M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Matt Mazzeo, Dylan Taylor
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$86M
Co-investors: Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), 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), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Rashaun Williams, Gianni Martire, Scott Belsky, Scott Banister, Russell Cook, Mikhail Seregine, Joshua Reeves, Shane Neman

Nurzhas Makishev's Experience

Partner NKM Capital2012 - Present
Product Strategy & Commercialization Google2014 - 2014
Product Strategy Manager, Software Engineer Oracle2009 - 2013
Cofounder Startups Inc2011 - 2012
Investment Banker J.P. Morgan2008 - 2008
Investment Banker Banc of America Securities2007 - 2007
Researcher MIT Media Lab2005 - 2007

Nurzhas Makishev's Education

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