Invest with Nathan Doctor
$111k
Typical Investments
2
Expected Deals/Year
337
Unique LPs have invested
Note from Nathan Doctor
Many investors follow trends, I prefer to anticipate them. I focus on technology-induced black swans, investing in the companies and founders that are creating industry-wide shifts.
I identify companies with a high-probability of exponential upside. I invest either early or at their inflection point. You can expect startups primed for hyper-scale via deep innovation and product excellence.
I’ve followed this investment strategy over the years into a series of phenomenal companies and sectors.
I back founders
As a founder I understand the position deeply. With that I focus on aligning myself with the team, adding value wherever possible, and providing support through the process. I exert effort where I have leverage, allowing me to make substantial impact for the company.
Investor Background
Founder of Infinite Capital, crypto asset investment fund (Infinite.xyz)
Co-Founded Qualified, developer skills assessments, 350+ clients including Apple, Facebook, Zoom, and Berkeley Center for AI (Qualified.io)
Co-Founded Codewars, a community of 3M+ engineers (Codewars.com)
As an investor, I was early in Tesla (post IPO) at $22/share, after following the company since launch. Then on seeing an impending short squeeze invested my life savings on a call option strategy (direct stock ownership wouldn’t provide enough exposure). Within a week I returned 892%, which helped seed fund my company.
I began in crypto in 2012, with early buys of Bitcoin in 2013 and then later Ethereum. I went all in on Ethereum in 2015 seeing crypto evolving into a developer platform. Through 2017 I invested across emerging crypto assets, investing early in many top currencies - MakerDAO, Cosmos, 0X, Theta. With this I earned a portfolio return of 5,126% for the year, and protected those gains with a well-timed market sales.
In the process I’ve made a list of investments that have returned 1,000%+ and have angel invested in a series of companies that I expect to create the next black swan technological shifts.
Markets I gravitate towards (at the moment):
Crypto, DeFi, Autonomy, Aerospace, Transportation, Energy, FinTech, Education, Real Estate, Micromobility, Disruptive Networks, Developer Platforms, AI/ML, Opensource, Data, Marketplaces, Ecosystems
I love companies with:
- Product simplicity and focus
- Deep innovation
- Inherent virality
- Founders that are insightful, hungry, and high-integrity
- Contrarian beliefs and approaches
- Unanticipated/underserved markets
- Network effects in their product/market
- Asymmetric risk/reward profiles
- Backend business models
- Platform models - enables others to build on them…bonus points if developer focused
- Marketplaces that take advantage of underutilized assets
Expectations
You can expect high-quality, hard-to-access, early-mid stage deal flow.
I relay updates as possible depending on founders (don’t expect them). As a high-input/low maintenance investor, I expect the same from LPs.
Dealflow
I syndicate select deals that are a fit for Angellist, given founders are agreeable and deal dynamics allow.
Disclaimer: I also manage a firm, Infinite Capital, which gets first rights to investment allocations.
