# Nakul Mandan at Audacious Ventures > Nakul Mandan, Founder and Partner at Audacious Ventures. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Nakul Mandan Founder and Partner at [Audacious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audacious-ventures) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 9 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +3 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 9 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Audacious Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=nakul-mandan-2)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=nakul-mandan-2) ## The firm [**Audacious Ventures** VC firm · US **2** cheques in 12 months **2** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audacious-ventures) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Affirm](https://millionrounds.com/company/affirm) - [Aqua Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-security) - [Art of Sport](https://millionrounds.com/startup/art-of-sport) - [At-Bay](https://millionrounds.com/company/at-bay) - [Axonius](https://millionrounds.com/company/axonius) - [Balance](https://millionrounds.com/startup/balance-3) - [BetterUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterup) - [Betty Labs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/betty-labs) - [Blockchain.com](https://millionrounds.com/startup/blockchain-com) - [Brigit](https://millionrounds.com/startup/brigit) - [CANDIS](https://millionrounds.com/startup/candis) - [Calm](https://millionrounds.com/company/calm) - [Calypso AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/calypso-ai) - [Cameo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cameo) - [Carta](https://millionrounds.com/startup/carta-2) - [Confluera](https://millionrounds.com/company/confluera) - [Curve Health](https://millionrounds.com/startup/curve-health) - [CyCognito](https://millionrounds.com/company/cycognito) - [DataFleets](https://millionrounds.com/startup/datafleets) - [Dexterity](https://millionrounds.com/company/dexterity) - [Dremio](https://millionrounds.com/company/dremio) - [Eightfold](https://millionrounds.com/startup/eightfold) - [Endowus](https://millionrounds.com/startup/endowus) - [Epic Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/epic-games) - [Faire](https://millionrounds.com/company/faire) - [FalconX](https://millionrounds.com/startup/falconx) - [Firework](https://millionrounds.com/startup/firework) - [Flockjay](https://millionrounds.com/company/flockjay) - [Forage](https://millionrounds.com/startup/forage-3) - [FortressIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortressiq) - [Freespira](https://millionrounds.com/startup/freespira) - [FreshMenu](https://millionrounds.com/company/freshmenu) - [Grafana Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/grafana-labs) - [Greenwood Bank](https://millionrounds.com/startup/greenwood-bank) - [Handshake](https://millionrounds.com/startup/handshake-3) - [Hasura](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hasura) 36 of 92 companies. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Audacious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audacious-ventures)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuers on 3 filings · since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Multiverse Group Ltd** Director on 3 filings · since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **FORTRESSIQ, INC.** Director since 2020 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Audacious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audacious-ventures)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer on 8 filings · since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Elastic Projects, Inc.** Director since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BuildingConnected, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **S Labs Holdings, LLC** Director since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Sociable Labs, Inc.** Director since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Gainsight, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2013 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) · 16 Dec 2024 · 1h 14m The Holiday Special | Nakul Mandan and Ben Choi | Superclusters | S4PSE1 With [Ben Choi](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-choi)[Nakul Mandan](https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2) About this episode “VC is more about the ground game than the air game.” – Nakul Mandan “Entrepreneurs think it’s going to be like the Michael Keaton version, and the good ones, they actually have to work through the Christopher Nolan version of Batman.” – Ben Choi Nakul Mandan is the founder of Audacious Ventures.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 14 Nov 2024 · 1h 46m Recruiting From Zero to One with Nakul Mandan, Co-founder of Audacious Ventures With [Nakul Mandan](https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2) About this episode Nakul Mandan is the founder of Audacious Ventures. Prior to Audacious, he was a partner at Lightspeed, joining from Battery, which he joined in ‘09 in the middle of the financial crisis while living in India. This conversation explores his journey immigrating to Silicon Valley and building an… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 20 May 2016 · 25 min SaaStr 023: What It Takes To Make It From Seed To Series A in SaaS with Nakul Mandan, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners With [Nakul Mandan](https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2) Mentions [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) About this episode Joining us today on The Official Saastr Podcast is Nakul Mandan, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he focuses on early stage SaaS investments. At Lightspeed, Nakul led the firm's investments in Gainsight and Reflektive. Previously, Nakul worked at Battery Ventures, where he helped lead… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Nakul Mandan in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 9 Oct 2026 · 1h 26m How AWS, AngleList and Now AI Killed The Old VC Playbook | Nakul, Audacious Mentions [Nakul Mandan](https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2) About this episode From a boutique industry of ~20 firms to today where there are specialised funds for every stage, geography and category, Venture Capital has changed radically. On this episode we have Nakul Mandan from Audacious Ventures. Nakul came to Silicon Valley at 28 expecting to be fired. He left Lightspeed… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 16 Jul 2025 · 52 min How to win in seed stage investing today Mentions [Nakul Mandan](https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2) About this episode Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital. In today’s episode, we are joined by… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 10 Oct 2016 · 24 min SaaStr 064: Why Now Is A Really Good Time For SaaS Startups To Raise, How SaaS Startups Can Innovate Their Business Models & The Biggest Takeaways From Working With John Doerr @ Kleiner Perkins with Matt Murphy, Managing Director @ Menlo Ventures With [Matt Murphy](https://millionrounds.com/person/matt-murphy) Mentions [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins)[Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Sun Microsystems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sun-microsystems)[Nakul Mandan](https://millionrounds.com/person/nakul-mandan-2) About this episode Matt Murphy is a Managing Director @ Menlo Ventures where he focuses on multi-stage investments across cloud infrastructure and AI-first SaaS applications. Since joining Menlo, Matt has led investments in Heap Analytics, Usermind, and Veriflow. Previously, Matt was a General Partner at Kleiner… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=nakul-mandan-2). ## Find people like Nakul Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)