Nasir Jones
Partner and Co-Founder @ QueensBridge Venture Partners
New York, United States
Nasir Jones is a seed investor at QueensBridge Venture Partners in New York focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housingin Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life.The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am... (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time.Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010).Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play.
- Total investments:
- 65
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
Last updated:
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Industries Nasir Jones invests in
Stages Nasir Jones invests in
Countries Nasir Jones invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $650k–$5.6M
- Series A
- $4M–$60M
- Series B
- $7M–$40M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 12 (18%)
- Internet 11 (17%)
- Software 8 (12%)
- Mobile 7 (11%)
- Blockchain 6 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 26 (40%)
- Series A 20 (31%)
- Series B 10 (15%)
- Funding Round 3 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 51 (78%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- Brazil 1 (2%)
- New Zealand 1 (2%)
- South Africa 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Magic Spoon
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Magic Spoon is a food company that provides childlike, low-carbohydrate cereal foods for adult customers. The cereal is keto-friendly and non-GMO and free from gluten, grain, wheat, soy, and artificial sweeteners. It gets its taste from allulose, a natural sweetener found in figs and maple syrup that has zero glycemic impact.The company wasestablished in 2019 and has its main office in Brooklyn, New York. | $106.3M / Series B / Jun 13, 2022 | |
Altered State Machine
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Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS. | $11M / Seed / Mar 10, 2022 | |
Everyrealm
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Everyrealm is a digital real estate vehicle that invests in virtual worlds through NFTs. They invest in, manage, and develop assets including NFTs, virtual real estate, metaverse platforms, gaming, and infrastructure. | $60M / Series A / Feb 10, 2022 | |
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Everyrealm
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Everyrealm is a digital real estate vehicle that invests in virtual worlds through NFTs. They invest in, manage, and develop assets including NFTs, virtual real estate, metaverse platforms, gaming, and infrastructure. | $60M / Series A / Feb 10, 2022 | |
Everyrealm
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Everyrealm is a digital asset investment and development company with a portfolio of 40+ crypto and community-driven projects. The firm invests across chains, protocols, and platforms, building alongside the ecosystems it backs. | $60M / Series A / Feb 10, 2022 | |
Carry1st
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Carry1st is a full-stack publisher of social games and interactive content with a focus on frontier markets like Africa. Founded in 2018 by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, and Tino Mundangepfupfu, Carry1st employs a team of 29 people across 14 countries hailing from top companies like Carlyle, King, Jumia, Rovio, Socialpoint, and Wargaming. Ithas raised over $10m to date including a recent $7m Series A headlined by Riot Games, Konvoy Ventures, Raine, and Akatsuki. Carry1st will use the funding to launch and scale its existing portfolio, secure new partnerships with global gaming studios, and expand its team. | $20M / Series A / Jan 19, 2022 | |
SportsIcon
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SportsIcon lets users connect with sportspeople through NFT’s and masterclasses. | $5.6M / Seed / Dec 18, 2021 | |
Royal
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Royal is a developer of an NFT-based music platform used to allow buy ownership in songs. It also allows artists to create their music and convert it to non-fungible tokens (NFT) and sell them by using limited digital assets (LDA) technology that enables fans to invest in artists and earn royalties alongside them.The company was founded in 2021and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $55M / Series A / Nov 22, 2021 | |
LOOP
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THE CAR INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS BROKENThey charge you more based on things that have nothing to do with how you drive. They point to gender, job title, marital status and even your credit score—which is systematically biased against vulnerable communities and has nothing to do with how you drive. They don’t want to change the system. We do.LOOPis different. We’re building fair, equitable, and affordable insurance based on how and where you drive. We put people first, treating our members with respect and dignity—making sure they can chat with an understanding person, not a frustrating bot. And as a B-Corp we’re committed to giving back and being a force for good in the world so we can uplift the communities impacted by systemic injustice. To us, that’s what it means to Drive Good. | $21M / Series A / Sep 30, 2021 | |
VersusGame
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VersusGame is a global entertainment mobile gaming product that allows users to put their knowledge of mainstream culture to good use. Thousands of creators and brands, not to mention countless everyday people, have used the platform to drive excitement with an interactive audience actively participating because VersusGames gives them value fortheir time.VersusGame gives creators and brands the platform to promote interactive content to millions of people at once while giving them the chance to play games in 1v1 pairs and gain cash and prizes when they win. VersusGame is the number one prediction platform in the world and is played via the VersusGame app, mobile website, Snapchat and Instagram. | $3M / Seed / Aug 04, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About QueensBridge Venture Partners
QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets.The company's collective experience has shaped our approach to investing by allowing us to quickly recognize and capitalize on key trends. Furthermore, by focusing on co-investment opportunities with leading venture capital funds and angelinvestors in Silicon Valley, we have unique access to very attractive companies.Successful venture capital investing is highly influenced by a network of reputable investors. QBVP aligns itself with firms that have proven their ability to source and invest in the next generation of leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and emerging markets. We bring capital along with our network of industry veterans and corporate relationships to accelerate the development of the companies in which we co-invest. We seek to partner with firms that generate the most value among VCs and back the companies that reach enterprise value of over $1 billion on a regular basis.The general partners of QBVP are industry veterans in consumer products & services, media & entertainment, and financial services. We have (i) advised tech, media, and entertainment companies in raising over $20 billion of capital at bulge bracket Wall Street firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs; Deutsche Bank) (ii) started over twenty businesses, (iii) produced and/or recorded six number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, (iv) sold over 25 million records worldwide, (v) have products in over 3,000 stores.
QueensBridge Venture Partners Contacts
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Nasir Jones
Partner and Co-Founder
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Anand Murthy
Partner
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Anthony Saleh
Partner
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Dee Murthy
Partner
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FAQ
What does Nasir Jones invest in?
Nasir Jones invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 65 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Nasir Jones's check size?
Nasir Jones typically joins rounds of $650k–$5.6M at Seed, $4M–$60M at Series A and $7M–$40M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nasir Jones participates in.
When did Nasir Jones last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nasir Jones closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 65 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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