Nikita Shamgunov
InvestorFounderPartner at Khosla Ventures · Founder/CTO at SingleStore
Los Altos, California
Writes $100K – $50M checks · typically $25M
FoundedSingleStore · YC
About
Nikita Shamgunov is Vice President at Databricks. He previously co-founded MemSQL and scaled the company to approximately $40 million in annual recurring revenue. He invests in early-stage deep technology and enterprise software companies through Khosla Ventures.
Founder/CTO at SingleStoreYC W11
Intro paths
YC
Nikita went through Y Combinator (Winter 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Nikita can intro founders to SingleStore's investors below.
SingleStore's investors · 11
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksEastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGoldman SachsNew YorkGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checksIntrepid Growth PartnersTorontoKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksProsperity7 VenturesDhahranSummit Peak VenturesFort WorthY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011
Co-founders at SingleStore
EF
Eric FrenkielFounder/CEO
Experience
- DatabricksVice Presidentcurrent2025 — present
- Neon @neondatabaseChief Executive Officer2021 — 2025
- Khosla VenturesPartner2020 — 2024
- SingleStoreChief Strategy Officer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- MemSQLCEO2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- MemSQLFounder and CTO2011 — 2017
- FacebookSoftware engineer2010 — 2011
- MicrosoftSenior Software Development Engineer2005 — 2010
Education
- National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics. St. PetersburgPhD, computer science
Skills & more
Scalability66Algorithms30Software Design82Distributed Systems54Design Patterns14Software Engineering60Performance Tuning11Software Development99Integration20Object Oriented Design21OOP21Agile Methodologies27
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Go-to-market StrategyExecutive Team AlignmentSales ManagementBusiness StrategyRelational DatabasesDatabasesSQLC++Microsoft SQL ServerXMLC#.NETFrom Nikita's professional profile.
Deals · 1
ContentFlyBoard seat
via Khosla Ventures · filed Oct 2024 · $62.6M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Khosla Ventures
Adina Tecklu
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Adrian Radu
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alex Morgan
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alice Brooks
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Amy Kalokerinos
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Anne Foor
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Austin Hay
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Avisha Mehra Naganath
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Network2
Investors connected to Nikita in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Nikita Shamgunov work?
- Nikita Shamgunov is Partner at Khosla Ventures and Founder/CTO at SingleStore.
- What check size does Nikita Shamgunov write?
- Nikita Shamgunov typically writes checks of $100K – $50M.
- What companies did Nikita Shamgunov found?
- Nikita Shamgunov founded SingleStore.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,732
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptJessica LivingstonFounder, RetiredFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
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Databricks mafia23
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ben HorowitzDirectorFounded OpswareNaveen RaoAdvisorFounded Mosaic ML +1Jean Yves StephanSoftware Engineer and Tech Lead ManagerFounded Data Mechanics +1PankajVP, Product and Data PartnershipsFounded AI21 LabsAndy KonwinskiFounderFounded Ask PerplexityDanny WenInvestorFounded Graft Concepts
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Khosla Ventures mafia13
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Vinod KhoslaManaging DirectorFounded AliveCorDelian AsparouhovChief Of StaffFounded Nightingale +1Nessan BerminghamOperatorFounded Korro Bio +2Uri LopatinOperatorFounded Pardes Biosciences +1Hari ArulInvestorFounded BoldAustin HayOperatorFounded Clarify
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SingleStore mafia5
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Shared employers
Also worked at Neon @neondatabase13
Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesDan CahanaPrincipal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, focused on Cloud Infrastructure & AIGlenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalRares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalShawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio Capital
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Also worked at Khosla Ventures83
Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDavid WeidenInvestor at Khosla VenturesSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesAdina TeckluInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Also worked at SingleStore16
Bryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJordan TiganiVenture Partner at Zero Prime VenturesRaman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies CapitalTony AskewFounder Partner at REV Venture PartnersAbhishek ShuklaManaging Director at Prosperity7 Ventures
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Also worked at Facebook490
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital; CEO of 8090; All-In co-hostJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution
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