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
307 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
207 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
J.P. Morgan Network
66 CONNECTIONS
Oracle Network
52 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: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Eric Ver Ploeg, Alex Pack, Samvit Ramadurgam
Cruise
Series ASep 2015$13M
$2B
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Tikhon Bernstam, Sam Altman, John Collison, Emmett Shear, Satya Nadella, Travis VanderZanden, Colin Carrier
Abra
Series ASep 2015$13M
$100M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), P. Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Fabio Dutra (Parallax Ventures), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures), Wei Hopeman (Arbor Ventures), Otto Graff Navarro (IGNIA Partners), Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui (IGNIA Partners), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Saad AlSogair
Skydrop
Series UnknownSep 2015
$16M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Dylan Taylor, Matt Mazzeo
Ripple
Series AMay 2015$28M
$86M
Co-investors: James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Barry Silbert (Digital Currency Group), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), Jules Walker, Tim Kendall
Smarking
SeedMay 2015$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Drew Volpe (First Star Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Jeff Arnold, Greg Brockman
Flexport
Series AApr 2014$7M
$2.2B
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Henry Fertik (Strategic Beta), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Scott Banister, Gianni Martire, Mikhail Seregine, Joshua Reeves, Scott Belsky, Russell Cook, Rashaun Williams, 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