Nurzhas Makishev

Investing Profile

Sweet spot: $250K Range: $50K–$1M

NKM Capital thesis

/ NKM CAPITAL NKM Capital is a San Francisco-based thesis-driven venture capital firm that invests in technology companies at the earliest stages. Since 2014, the firm and its founder have backed industry pioneers such as Astranis , Boom , Carta , Cruise (acq. by GM), Deepgram , Relativity Space , Ripple (exit), Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), Truebill (acq. by NYSE: RKT). The first 25 early-stage investments produced 10 unicorns. Portfolio companies have raised $20B+ in follow-on capital and driven $160B+ in enterprise value creation after initial investments. decentralization | networks | infrast

Sector and stage focus

  • Series A: TransportationTech, Gaming/eSports, Data Services, Web3/Blockchain, Space, Web3/Crypto, AI, Social Networks, Consumer Internet, FinTech
  • Seed: Gaming/eSports, TransportationTech, Data Services, Social Networks, Web3/Blockchain, AI, Space, Web3/Crypto, Consumer Internet, FinTech
  • general: Los Angeles / Southern California, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Boston / New England
  • Pre-seed: TransportationTech, Data Services, Web3/Crypto, Gaming/eSports, Space, Web3/Blockchain, Social Networks, AI, Consumer Internet, FinTech

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