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About Deep Nishar

Deep (Dipchand) Nishar is an angel investor and current Vice President, Products & User Experience at LinkedIn.

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San Francisco, California,

United States

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Latest Deep Nishar News

SoftBank's Vision Fund promotes four investors to managing partner, including Lydia Jett, the first woman to hold the title, after Deep Nishar and others left (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Nov 22, 2021

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: SoftBank's Vision Fund promotes four investors to managing partner, including Lydia Jett, the first woman to hold the title, after Deep Nishar and others left — Lydia Jett will be the first female investor to take the managing partner rank at the fund. — SoftBank Group Corp.'s Vision Fund …

Nov 10, 2021

Former SoftBank executive Deep Nishar is joining venture capital firm General Catalyst - Silicon Valley Business Journal - Silic...

Nov 10, 2021

The Funded: SoftBank Vision Fund leader Deep Nishar lands at General Catalyst

Nov 9, 2021

Deep Nishar joins General Catalyst from SoftBank

Nov 9, 2021

Deep Nishar joins General Catalyst

Deep Nishar Investments

14 Investments

Deep Nishar has made 14 investments. Their latest investment was in Nektar as part of their Seed VC - II on August 8, 2021.

Deep Nishar Investments Activity

Date	Round	Company	Amount	New?	Co-Investors	Sources
8/2/2021	Seed VC - II	Nektar	$6M	Yes	3one4 Capital Partners, Amit Midha, B Capital Group, Deep Nishar, Evan Davidson, Kevin Merritt, Nexus Venture Partners, Ritesh Agarwal, and Tom Donlea	5
3/25/2021	Series A	On Deck	$20M	Yes	Aadil Mamujee, Abstract Ventures, Adam D'Angelo, Adam Nash, Adrian Aoun, Ali Altaf, Anand Chandrasekaran, Andreas Klinger, Ankur Nagpal, Anthony Pompliano, Aparna Chennapragada, Ariel Poler, Atomic Management, Avichal Garg, Awesome People Ventures, Backend Capital, Balaji Srnivasan, Base Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Bobby Goodlatte, Brad Bao, Chamath Palihapitiya, Charles King, Clark Valberg, Dan Lewis, Dash Fund, Deep Nishar, Dream Machine, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Eric Yuan, Founders Fund, Fred Ehrsam, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Isenberg, GSV Ventures, Henry Ward, Human Ventures, Immad Akhund, Jack Altman, Jason Tan, Jen Rubio, John Kobs, Jonathan Swanson, Julia DeWahl, Kima Ventures, Learn Capital, Lee Linden, Lenny Rachitsky, Lolita Taub, M Ventures, Mark Pincus, Matt Huang, Max Mullen, Next Play Ventures, NFX, Peter Reinhardt, Precursor Ventures, Qasar Younis, Ryan Petersen, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Hodges, Sam Teller, Sander Daniels, Scott Belsky, Sebastian Mejia, Shiva Rajaraman, Siqi Chen, Slack Fund, Sriram Krishnan, Sten Tamkivi, Steve Schlafman, Taavet Hinirikus, Todd Goldberg, Tony Xu, Trevor McFedries, Turner Novak, Tyler Willis, Unshackled Ventures, Village Global, and WndrCo	2
12/16/2019	Series B	Gecko Robotics	$40M	Yes	Deep Nishar, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, Josh Reeves, Mark Cuban, next47, and Y Combinator	17
9/16/2019	Series A	Subscribe to see more	$99M	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more	10
2/28/2018	Series A	Subscribe to see more	$99M	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more	10

Date	8/2/2021	3/25/2021	12/16/2019	9/16/2019	2/28/2018
Round	Seed VC - II	Series A	Series B	Series A	Series A
Company	Nektar	On Deck	Gecko Robotics	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more
Amount	$6M	$20M	$40M	$99M	$99M
New?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more
Co-Investors	3one4 Capital Partners, Amit Midha, B Capital Group, Deep Nishar, Evan Davidson, Kevin Merritt, Nexus Venture Partners, Ritesh Agarwal, and Tom Donlea	Aadil Mamujee, Abstract Ventures, Adam D'Angelo, Adam Nash, Adrian Aoun, Ali Altaf, Anand Chandrasekaran, Andreas Klinger, Ankur Nagpal, Anthony Pompliano, Aparna Chennapragada, Ariel Poler, Atomic Management, Avichal Garg, Awesome People Ventures, Backend Capital, Balaji Srnivasan, Base Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Bobby Goodlatte, Brad Bao, Chamath Palihapitiya, Charles King, Clark Valberg, Dan Lewis, Dash Fund, Deep Nishar, Dream Machine, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Eric Yuan, Founders Fund, Fred Ehrsam, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Isenberg, GSV Ventures, Henry Ward, Human Ventures, Immad Akhund, Jack Altman, Jason Tan, Jen Rubio, John Kobs, Jonathan Swanson, Julia DeWahl, Kima Ventures, Learn Capital, Lee Linden, Lenny Rachitsky, Lolita Taub, M Ventures, Mark Pincus, Matt Huang, Max Mullen, Next Play Ventures, NFX, Peter Reinhardt, Precursor Ventures, Qasar Younis, Ryan Petersen, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Hodges, Sam Teller, Sander Daniels, Scott Belsky, Sebastian Mejia, Shiva Rajaraman, Siqi Chen, Slack Fund, Sriram Krishnan, Sten Tamkivi, Steve Schlafman, Taavet Hinirikus, Todd Goldberg, Tony Xu, Trevor McFedries, Turner Novak, Tyler Willis, Unshackled Ventures, Village Global, and WndrCo	Deep Nishar, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, Josh Reeves, Mark Cuban, next47, and Y Combinator	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more
Sources	5	2	17	10	10

Deep Nishar Portfolio Exits

6 Portfolio Exits

Deep Nishar has 6 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Optimizely on September 03, 2020.

Date	Exit	Companies	Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model.	Acquirer	Sources
9/3/2020	Acquired	Optimizely	$99M	EPiServer	8
12/13/2018	Acquired	Subscribe to see more	$99M	Subscribe to see more	10
8/25/2016	Acquired	Subscribe to see more	$99M	Subscribe to see more	10
1/14/2013	Acquired	Subscribe to see more	$99M	Subscribe to see more	10
7/16/2012	Acq - Talent	Subscribe to see more	$99M	Subscribe to see more	0

Date	9/3/2020	12/13/2018	8/25/2016	1/14/2013	7/16/2012
Exit	Acquired	Acquired	Acquired	Acquired	Acq - Talent
Companies	Optimizely	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more
Valuation	$99M	$99M	$99M	$99M	$99M
Acquirer	EPiServer	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more	Subscribe to see more
Sources	8	10	10	10	0

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