Nabeel Hyatt

Investor

Berkeley

Writes $100K – $15M checks · typically $10M

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About

Nabeel Hyatt is a Berkeley-based angel investor who has backed early-stage founders for fourteen years. Before investing, he worked as an engineer, designer, and founder across three startups whose outcomes ranged from an IPO to an acquisition to a shutdown. He then opened the west coast office for Spark Capital, where he served as General Partner over more than a decade, helping grow the firm's AUM past $10b while making 37 investments across areas as varied as robotics, social networks, and large language models. He describes himself as a curious generalist drawn to complex technologies presented with beautiful simplicity, and he currently works on AI tools for human creativity while building game projects on the side.

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Nabeel Hyatt @nabeel

Mostly made this for myself because I'm often running out of a meeting, or in mid email or something, and have an idea. Opening big boy Conductor can feel distracting ("ooh it got back to me on the thing") so I just wanted a way to stay in flow, throw an idea out there and have

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 1

Nabeel Hyatt @nabeel

Built a mac app this week using the new Conductor API that just came out. If you use @conductor_build you may like it. It's called Whistle, and it's for those quick ideas you have on a project. It's a tray app, you click it, you start talking or typing an idea that just came https://t.co/pdxbJ8IZL1

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 35 · ⇄ 1

Nabeel Hyatt @nabeel

Cloud is great, enabling multiplayer is better, enabling API calls into the agent from other workspaces, other colleagues, other agents, has felt magical. https://t.co/N42ZX3HU7N

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 14 · ⇄ 1

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechFintechHardwareSaaS

Beyond investing

Founded: Founded and is opening Tabletop Library, a space for playing games with friends.
Communities: Co-hosts Hallway Chat, a podcast about AI products, with Fraser.
Hobbies: Is making Race to Kepler, a deckbuilding game, together with his kids.
Family: Builds game projects alongside his children.
More: Previously worked as an engineer, designer, and founder in three startups, with outcomes including an IPO, an acquisition, and a shutdown.

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Experience

Spark CapitalEIRcurrent2026 — present
Spark CapitalGeneral Partner2014 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
Spark CapitalVenture Partner2012 — 2014
The Tabletop LibraryPartnercurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, CA
The Bot CompanyBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
GranolaBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
ZūmBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
DiscordBoard Observercurrent2016 — present
Q.aiBoard Observer2023 — 2026
Sonder Inc.Board Member2016 — 2025
Postmates Inc.Board Member2014 — 2020
CruiseBoard Member2015 — 2016
ZyngaGM2010 — 2012
Conduit LabsFounder, CEO2007 — 2010
Ambient DevicesCo-Founder2001 — 2005
TeamtalkCOO, VP Product1999 — 2001

Education

Maryland Institute College of ArtDesign
Purdue UniversityComputer Science

Skills & more

Start-upsCross-functional Team LeadershipInnovation ConsultingExecutive ManagementGame DevelopmentSocial GamesVideo GamesEntrepreneurshipMobile GamesVenture CapitalMobile ApplicationsBusiness Strategy

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