Nitesh Banta
InvestorAngel at Stellar Capital
New York, New York, United States
Writes $25K – $2M checks
About
Nitesh Banta co-founded a by-students, for-students pre-seed program at General Catalyst that treated students as true founders and later left VC to found B12, giving him investor and AI-founder perspective.
Experience
- B12Co-founder & CEOcurrent2015 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Stellar CapitalAngel Investorcurrent2015 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Rough Draft VenturesCo-founder & Advisorcurrent2012 — presentBoston
- GetaroundAdvisor & Founding Team Membercurrent2009 — present
- General Catalyst PartnersVC2010 — 2015
- BrainlyInvestor2014 — 2015New York / Kraków
- Mark43Investor2013 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- CoachUpInvestor2012 — 2015Greater Boston
- Handy HQInvestor2012 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- BigcommerceInvestor2011 — 2015Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Locu, Inc.Investor2012 — 2013Cambridge/SF
- Summer WorkationFounder & CEO2007 — 2010
- The Parthenon GroupAssociate Consultant2008 — 2009
- GoogleCustomer Insights2008
- American Red CrossNational Youth Council2005 — 2008
Education
- Harvard UniversityBA, Social Studies
- Singularity UGSP, Finance
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship99Business Strategy99Management Consulting34Venture Capital87Private Equity9Due Diligence8Teaching1Start-ups31Financial Modeling5Mergers1Valuation3Strategy21
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Program ManagementStrategic PartnershipsMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness PlanningSocial MediaStrategic PlanningEconomicsAnalysisSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)E-commerceBusiness DevelopmentFrom Nitesh's professional profile.
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Also attended Harvard University1,173
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at B122
Also worked at Getaround8
Sarah SclarsicFounder + Managing Partner at Voyager PartnersAndrew ByrnesDirector at Micron VenturesUgo CatryPartner at Princeville CapitalXavier GuryFounding Partner at Wind VentureTyler PetersonPartner, Technology at Triangle Peak PartnersBabak PoushanchiManaging Partner at Cota Capital
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Also worked at Bigcommerce9
Steve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOLSteve MurrayAdvisor, Revolution Growth at RevolutionJeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalRay ChengManaging Partner at Millennium New HorizonsRon PragidesVice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITALBecky FlintInvestor at Roble Ventures
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Also worked at Locu, Inc.2
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