# Nat Friedman

> Nat Friedman, Corporate Vice President, Developer Services. 9 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Nat Friedman

Corporate Vice President, Developer Services at [NFDG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfdg)

Latest rounds

- **Pika** Round · $135M Oct 2026
- **Viktor** Series A · $75M May 2026
- **Sumble** Seed · $38.5M Oct 2025

Backs *AI* *Robotics* *Big Data & Analytics* *Biotech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 9 last May 2026
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 4 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 9 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At NFDG
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**NFDG** Growth equity · US **6** cheques in 12 months **12** all time **2** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfdg)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 11
- **Led:** 1
- **Disclosed:** $441.7M
- **Active:** 2010–26

2026

- [Pika](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika) *Round* **$135M** *US* Oct 2026 Joined
- [Viktor](https://millionrounds.com/company/viktor) *Series A* **$75M** *PL* May 2026 Joined · +10 investors

2025

- [Sumble](https://millionrounds.com/company/sumble) *Seed* **$38.5M** *US* Oct 2025 Joined · +7 investors
- [NewLimit](https://millionrounds.com/company/newlimit) *Series B* **$130M** *US* May 2025 Joined · +15 investors

2024

- [Basis](https://millionrounds.com/company/basis) *Series A* **$34M** *US* Dec 2024 Led · +5 investors

2023

- [Perplexity AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/perplexity-ai) *Series A* *US* Mar 2023 Joined · +9 investors

2019

- [Rookout](https://millionrounds.com/company/rookout) *Series A* **$8M** *US* Aug 2019 Joined · +5 investors
- [Weights & Biases](https://millionrounds.com/company/weights-and-biases) *Round* **$15M** *US* May 2019 Joined · +2 investors

2018

- [Xwing](https://millionrounds.com/company/xwing) *Seed* **$4M** *US* Aug 2018 Joined · +3 investors

2013

- [Runscope](https://millionrounds.com/company/runscope) *Seed* **$1.1M** *US* May 2013 Joined · +6 investors · historical

2010

- [Humanoid](https://millionrounds.com/company/humanoid) *Seed* **$1.1M** *US* Dec 2010 Joined · +17 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **4**
- Series A **4**
- Round **1**
- Series B **1**
- Round **1**

What they backed

AI **7** Robotics **3** Big Data & Analytics **2** Biotech **2** Salestech **1** Entertainment **1**

Alongside

- [Daniel Gross *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-gross)
- [Elad Gil *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil)
- [Khosla Ventures *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)
- [Patrick Collison *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/patrick-collison)
- [500 Startups *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)
- [AIX Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aix-ventures)
- [Accel *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)
- [Adam Schwartz *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-schwartz)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Magic AI, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2024
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Keen Technologies, Inc.** Director since 2022

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

- [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 23 Jul 2025 · 54 min Nat Friedman Leads $15M in Superintelligence Insurance Company | AIUC With [Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode Rune Kvist, CEO & Founder of the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC), joins Sourcery to break down how his team is building the confidence infrastructure for AI adoption, and why every AI agent will soon need to be certified and insured. AIUC just came out of stealth with a $15M… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 10 Jul 2025 · 1h 7m 20VC: Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | OpenAI's SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue | Privat Equity is Back: Olo Bought for $2BN | Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 People: Is This Just the Start | Will Sequoia Part with Shaun Maguire With [Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman)[Shaun Maguire](https://millionrounds.com/person/shaun-maguire) Mentions [Sean Maguire](https://millionrounds.com/person/sean-maguire) About this episode Agenda: [00:00] The AI Talent Crisis No One's Ready For [03:00] Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Why Two Legendary VCs Walked Away From $1B to Join Meta [12:00] Meta's AI Talent Magnet: Will It Actually Work? [15:00] Cursor Is Breaking the Market: Can Anyone Compete? [18:30] OpenAI's SBC… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 26 Jun 2025 · 1h 14m 20VC: Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross Bought with Zuck's $100BN AI Budget | Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens | Why Larry Ellison is the Smartest Man in Tech | Substance or Sizzle: What is Real and What is BS in AI With [Larry Ellison](https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-ellison)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) Mentions [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) About this episode Agenda: 04:21 - The Meta Acquisition Bombshell: Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross Join Facebook?! 06:00 - Facebook's $100 Billion Gamble: Can Zuck Buy the Future? 09:27 - The "Magic Room" Theory: Why Only Insiders Get Billion-Dollar Paydays 11:27 - Is Loyalty Dead in Silicon Valley? The Great Talent… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 19 Jun 2025 · 3h 10m Meta Taps Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross for AI Push, Starship Rocket Explodes | Mike Knoop, David Cahn, Walden Yan, Eoghan McCabe, Jeff Weinstein, Garrett Lord, Tanay Tandon With [David Cahn](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-cahn)[Garrett Lord](https://millionrounds.com/person/garrett-lord)[Jeff Weinstein](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-weinstein)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) Mentions [Eoghan McCabe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eoghan-mccabe)[Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) About this episode (04:10) - Meta Eyes Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross for AI Push (37:47) - Lakers Sold to Mark Walter (43:39) - Surge Hits $1B+ in Capital Without Outside Revenue (56:20) - Mike Knoop, co-founder of Zapier and CEO of Ndea, discusses the evolving landscape of AI reasoning models, highlighting… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Nat Friedman in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 19 Mar 2026 · 1h 10m The product wisdom every CPO should ignore | Jeremy Epling (CPO, Vanta) Mentions [Christina Cacioppo](https://millionrounds.com/person/christina-cacioppo-2)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) About this episode In the latest episode of Executive Function, Brett is joined by Jeremy Epling, CPO of security and compliance platform Vanta. Jeremy details his career journey, unpacking what it took to make the jump from tenured Microsoft executive to startup CPO. He also shares hard-won insights: how to maintain… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 Sept 2025 · 1h 14m 20VC: ElevenLabs Hits $200M ARR: The Untold Story of Europe's Fastest Growing AI Startup | The Real Cost of AI from Talent to Data Centres | How US VCs are in a Different League to Europeans | The Future of Foundation Models with Mati Staniszewski Mentions [Mati Staniszewski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mati-staniszewski)[Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[Growth Story](https://millionrounds.com/fund/growthstory)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) About this episode Mati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the world's leading AI voice platform. Since launching in 2022, ElevenLabs has raised over $350M, most recently at a $3.3BN valuation, making it one of Europe's fastest AI unicorns. The company counts Andreessen Horowitz, Nat Friedman,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 28 Aug 2025 · 1h 12m 20VC: Anthropic's $10BN Round | Klarna's IPO Broken Down | Inside a16z's 72 Deal Seed Investment Machine | Martin Casado: Is Consensus Investing the Only Game | Why Satya is Chatting S*** on SaaS Apps Disappearing featuring Marc Benioff With [Martin Casado](https://millionrounds.com/person/martin-casado) Mentions [Marc Benioff](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-benioff)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) About this episode AGENDA: ​​00:00 – Marc Benioff vs Snowflake, Databricks & Palantir: Who Wins the Data Cloud War? 05:10 – Does Benioff Feel The Need to Buy AI Talent Like Zuck Is? 09:00 – What Salesforce has Learned From Palantir on Forward Deployed Engineers? 18:00 – Will SaaS apps disappear in an AI world?… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Uncapped](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uncapped) · 30 Jul 2025 · 52 min Uncapped #19 | Dwarkesh Patel Mentions [Jeff Bezos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-bezos)[Ilya Sutskever](https://millionrounds.com/person/ilya-sutskever)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman)[Noah Smith](https://millionrounds.com/person/noah-smith) About this episode In his early twenties, Dwarkesh Patel has become one of the leading podcasters with nearly 1 million YouTube subscribers excited to consume his deeply-researched interviews. Dwarkesh has caught the attention of influential figures such as Jeff Bezos, Noah Smith, Nat Friedman, and Tyler Cohen, who… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 3 Jul 2025 · 3h 42m Soham Parekh Exclusive Interview | Chris Miller, Aaron Ginn, Bridget Harris, Pryce A. Yebesi, Jacob Rintamaki, Auren Hoffman, Mehran Jalali, Kushal Byatnal, Avlok Kohli, Nico Christie, Flo Crivello With [Aaron Ginn](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-ginn)[Avlok Kohli](https://millionrounds.com/person/avlok-kohli)[Bridget Harris](https://millionrounds.com/person/bridget-harris) Mentions [Auren Hoffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auren-hoffman)[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-friedman) About this episode (04:05) - Soham Parekh, an Indian software engineer, has been accused by multiple U.S. startup founders of simultaneously working at several companies without disclosure, leading to his termination from firms like Playground AI and Antimetal. In a recent conversation, Parekh admitted to his… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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