# Nomad Ventures

> Nomad Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last fund: Feb 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nomadfund
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/NomadFund
- Website: http://www.nomadfund.vc

Nomad Ventures is an LA-based Early Stage Venture Fund focused on Marketplace businesses. The GPs (Chris Taylor and James Mumma) are entrepreneurs who have helped build some of the fastest growing startups in recent history (Uber, Uber Eats, Opendoor, Bird) and they support founders by providing both expertise and capital to build the next big techbusinesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$15M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$1.7M |
| Series B | $35M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 25% |
| Internet | 5 | 16% |
| Finance | 4 | 13% |
| Marketplace | 4 | 13% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 50% |
| Series B | 6 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 16% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 28 | 88% |
| Finland | 1 | 3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Nakutis Taylor | Founding Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-nakutis-taylor |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stackpack | Stackpack is AI platform help companies to manage the accelerating costs, risks, and complexity of third-party vendors. | $6.3M | Seed | May 13, 2025 |  |
| WilsonAI | WilsonAI uses intelligent automation to assist internal legal teams in transforming their processes. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| Sentient Labs | We are a global autonomous org developing the future of AI x Blockchain. | $85M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Phaver | Phaver is platform to start communities around products, places, web pages and apps while earning affiliate revenue on recommendations. With Phaver, experts can generate recurring revenue from their knowledge and users can discover better products and places. | $7M | Seed | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Bezel | Bezel is a technology marketplace that focuses on buying and selling watches. Bezel was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $8M | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| AngelList | AngelList is a platform that connects startups with investors, talent, and capital infrastructure. The company offers fundraising tools for early-stage companies, allowing them to raise money through syndicates and venture funds. It also provides a platform for startup job seekers, enabling candidates to explore roles across thousands of companies.AngelList supports fund managers and investors with back-office and compliance services to streamline fund creation and management. AngelList the parent company of AngelList Venture, AngelList Talent, and Product Hunt and has more than 20 unicorns in the portfolio. | $44M | Series B | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Ink | Ink enables creators to sign or draw on any form of digital content with their finger, and instantly turn that content into an affordable NFT via their exclusive marketplace at Ink ID. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Supermassiv | Supermassiv is a commerce and social platform that allows artists to connect and sell exclusive content to the community directly. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 05, 2022 |  |
| Minoan Experience | Minoan Experience help short-term rentals and boutique hotels enhance their appeal using our customizable, curated retail platform. | $5M | Seed | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| Encore Music Technologies | Encore is an interactive live music mobile-based platform aiming to help artists monetize their connections with fans. It enables live music experiences through smartphones, fan interaction, community-centered content, and merchandise offerings to give fans new ways to reward the artists they love.The interactive live music app was launched in2020 by Kid Cudi, Ian Edelman, and start-up veteran Jonathan Gray. | $9M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Nomad Ventures invest in?

Nomad Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 32 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 Nomad Ventures's check size?

Nomad Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$15M at Seed, $500k–$1.7M at Pre-Seed and $35M–$75M 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 Nomad Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Nomad Ventures?

Public channels for Nomad Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Nomad Ventures?

The team at Nomad Ventures includes Chris Nakutis Taylor (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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