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Nitesh Banta
Angel investor · Active in 2026
Nitesh Banta is an angel investor based in USA. The page below shows 13 Power Law outcomes from Nitesh Banta's portfolio — 12 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in AI · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA. Nitesh Banta ranks #227 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Sequoia’s biggest exits.
Sequoia portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
The 13 Nitesh Banta Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA13
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AI3
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Fintech2
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Other B2B Software2
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Biotech & Life Sciences2
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Other1
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Cybersecurity1
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Transportation1
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Marketing1
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Series B+5
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Series A2
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Seed5
Nitesh Banta’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Nitesh Banta’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 1 companies where Nitesh Banta is a named shareholder, worth about $26M in estimated equity value.
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Chai Discovery
2%
$1.3B
$26M
Estimated value = Nitesh Banta’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Nitesh Banta’s biggest exits.
Nitesh Banta portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
Nitesh Banta's 13 Power Law outcomes.
How does Nitesh Banta stack up?
Nitesh Banta in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
38 founders across the 13 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Nitesh Banta.
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Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Nitesh Banta
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Nitesh Banta on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
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Latest news about Nitesh Banta
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