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Thanasis Delistathis

Investor

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NAV.VC

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

FoundedTVU Networks

About

A Greek-born investor with two decades of venture experience who has backed startups across text messaging, online video, mobile radio, and e-commerce. Before venture capital he worked in corporate restructuring and financial strategy for technology firms now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, having started his career at McKinsey & Co. He holds degrees from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Thanasis Delistathis @tdelist

Congrats to @KIN on upsizing Hestia Re 2026-1 cat bond to $335m! Strong signal of market confidence in their reinsurance platform + reinsurance coverage beyond FL. Let's grow! #InsurTech https://t.co/iNn9oj78V1

Apr 1, 2026 Β· β™₯ 2

Thanasis Delistathis @tdelist

I was lucky to be able to attend @ICON3DTech 's CONVERGE Tech Showcase for the Builders of Tomorrow. You can watch all the amazing presentations here: https://t.co/X2yQE2stlS

Mar 24, 2026 Β· β™₯ 2

Thanasis Delistathis @tdelist

Zipline charts drone delivery expansion with $600M in new funding https://t.co/IkGRqVq62a via @techcrunch

Jan 22, 2026

Experience

  1. PROOFManaging Partner & Co-Foundercurrent2016 β€” presentReston, VA
  2. NAVManaging Partner & Co-Foundercurrent2007 β€” presentReston, VA
  3. Draper Atlantic, affiliate of DFJPartner2000 β€” 2006Reston, VA
  4. Thermo ElectronManager, Investment Banking1997 β€” 2000
  5. McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst1993 β€” 1995

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolM.B.A., Business Administration1995 β€” 1997
  2. Princeton UniversityB.S., Electrical Engineering1989 β€” 1993
  3. Princeton UniversityB.Cert., Public Policy1989 β€” 1993
  4. Hellenic American Educational Foundation Athens College - Psychico CollegeHS Diploma1979 β€” 1989

Skills & more

Strategy13Online Services3Venture Capital73Corporate Development37MobileMobile Applications1Digital Media5Mobile Devices20Entrepreneurship31Strategic Partnerships16Start-ups60Venture Financing20
+12 moreInvestment BankingE-commercePrivate EquityProduct ManagementInvestmentsStart-up VenturesBusiness ModelingDeal SourcingGrowth CapitalBusiness StrategyCapitalCapital Raising

Languages Greek, basic French

From Thanasis's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,812 more

Also attended Princeton University474

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures

+ 468 more

Also attended Hellenic American Educational Foundation Athens College - Psychico College12

THANASIS DELISTATHISCo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFFivos TsoukatosPrincipal at VentureFriendsPavlos PavlakisPrincipal at VentureFriendsAlexander EvansPartner at Bain Capital CryptoGeorge LeivadasInvestment Analyst at Btomorrow VenturesNick PapapolitisSenior Advisor at Fifth Down Capital

+ 6 more

Shared employers

Also worked at PROOF6

THANASIS DELISTATHISCo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFJOHN BURKECo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFBRYAN CIAMBELLAGeneral Partner at PROOFEKTA TOLANIVenture Partner at PROOFMohamed SolimanCo-Founding & Managing Partner at Ventioneers CapitalBryan CiambellaGeneral Partner at Proof Group

Also worked at NAV3

THANASIS DELISTATHISCo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFStephen MarcusCo-Founder and General Partner at Riot VenturesHemant BhardwajInvestor at Taurus Ventures

Also worked at Thermo Electron23

THANASIS DELISTATHISCo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFLu WangInvestor at Foothill VenturesJohannes ClaussSerial Entrepreneur, Investor and Mentor at tokentus investment AGRolando BrawerExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTIONDaisy XuManaging Director at Vivo CapitalMoritz BeissenhirtzInvestment Director Life Sciences at Brandenburg Kapital

+ 17 more

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,203

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

+ 1,197 more

Colleagues at NAV.VC

John Backus
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NAV.VC
Scott Johnson
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NAV.VC
Todd Hixon
Co-Founder, Managing Partner and CFO at NAV.VC