Christopher Nakutis Taylor

Founder l Investor I 1st 200 at Uber

📍 Los Angeles, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
12
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6
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3
Mid stage
0
Late stage
8y
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Portfolio

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Angel Investor
Feb 2020
ZeroEyes is the industrys leading AI-based weapons detection solution. Our software integrates into existing security and surveillance camera systems and sends out a series of alerts when a verified gun is detected via our best-in-class weapons detection algorithms. The ZeroEyes platform is the most proactive and actionable early-warning system on the market, allowing users to "Save time, save lives". Founded by former US Military veterans with deep special operations and intelligence community experience, ZeroEyes is the trusted weapons detection provider of numerous clients, to include the US Department of Defense, leading public K-12 school districts, commercial property groups, Fortune 1000 corporate campuses, supply chain and distribution facilities, shopping malls, and big box retail. The company is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA and has additional offices in Alexandria, VA and Hawaii. The company is venture-backed and funded by established institutional capital. ZeroEyes technology is patented and recognized by US DHS with a SAFETY Act designation. ZeroEyes is also an established defense contractor leading multiple R&D lines of effort across the services.
Angel Investor
Feb 2020
Founded by award winning Stanford engineers and former athletes Greta Meyer and Amanda Calabrese, Sequel has redesigned the tampon. It is engineered to be more reliable, more comfortable, and more efficient at absorbing menstrual fluid. www.trysequel.com
early stageMedical Device
Angel Investor
Dec 2019
Ergatta is changing the motivation that moves people. We are a team of bright, driven, and innovative thinkers on a mission to build a new consumer category: game-based home fitness. Our flagship product, the Ergatta Rower, provides a competitive and personalized full-body rowing workout through an engaging game-based interface. Our products are sustainably-made in New England from American cherrywood and designed to be on display. As fitness activity increasingly shifts into the home, we believe the big winners will be those who innovate around what is on the screen. Our content provides a new and uniquely addictive consumer experience, radically different from traditional instructor-led offerings. Ergatta recently closed a $30M Series A, led by Advanced Venture Partners and joined by Greycroft, Fifth Wall, Gaingels, and Hans Tung (GCV). Off the heels of that capital raise, we are expanding our game studio, breaking into new verticals, and continuing to challenge the way at-home fitness “should” look and feel. However, above all else, we are investing in our company’s most important asset: our people. We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company! For more information, please be sure to check out our GPTW Company Profile: https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7038421
Angel Investor
Sep 2019
We design table settings for the many years & days (& dishwasher loads) of modern life.
mid stageRetail
Angel Investor
Sep 2019
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
Angel Investor
Mar 2019
We broadcast new music through an app exclusively for rideshare drivers, entertaining passengers as they travel. Steereo is active in 20. U.S markets, including New York City, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Washington D.C, Miami and more. For Artists, Managers & Labels We empower artists by helping them get new music to market and reach new fan. For Brands and Agencies We create impactful brand connections with audiences everywhere. For Drivers We provide opportunities to earn additional Income and rewards.
early stageMusicians
Angel Investor
Feb 2019
Boom Supersonic is redefining commercial flight by bringing supersonic flight back to the skies with Overture. This historic commercial airliner is designed and committed to industry-leading standards of speed, safety, and sustainability. Boom’s vision is to bring families, businesses, and cultures closer together through supersonic travel and make the world dramatically more accessible. Founded in 2014, Boom has assembled a team of over 150 full-time employees who have made contributions to over 220 air and spacecraft programs. For more information, please visit https://boomsupersonic.com.
Angel Investor
Oct 2018
TruckMap is a mobile app for truck drivers that provides drivers with updates on parking availability, access to local truck services, and truck-optimized GPS routing.
Angel Investor
Sep 2018
Building a nationwide network of digital advertising displays.
Angel Investor
Apr 2018
We help software vendors ship their apps to complex customer environments. Expand your market and reduce costs with one-line installs and updates to Kubernetes clusters anywhere.
Experience · 18 entries
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Investments (12)
Founder (3)
2025
Co-Founder
Jan 2025
8Fleet is innovating the technology and operational infrastructure and services for autonomous and future non-autonomous vehicle fleets, allowing us to balance quality with consistency, stability with flexibility, and speed with reliability, to deliver a superior experience for our professional rideshare drivers and their passengers.
Co-Founder
Jan 2025
A network for entrepreneurs building in stealth. Submit your information here so investors can find you: harmonic.ai/get-discovered
2021
Founding Partner
Apr 2021
Marketplaces have intrinsic advantages: Strong Network Effects, Asset Light Scalability, and high Barriers to Entry - thats why they outperform other startups when they are successful. That said, they are complicated and difficult to build right and fail at a higher rate early. Thats where Nomad Ventures comes in. We invest in and helps early stage marketplaces build right and grow from the very beginning so the likelihood of success is much higher.
2020
Angel Investor
Feb 2020
ZeroEyes is the industrys leading AI-based weapons detection solution. Our software integrates into existing security and surveillance camera systems and sends out a series of alerts when a verified gun is detected via our best-in-class weapons detection algorithms. The ZeroEyes platform is the most proactive and actionable early-warning system on the market, allowing users to "Save time, save lives". Founded by former US Military veterans with deep special operations and intelligence community experience, ZeroEyes is the trusted weapons detection provider of numerous clients, to include the US Department of Defense, leading public K-12 school districts, commercial property groups, Fortune 1000 corporate campuses, supply chain and distribution facilities, shopping malls, and big box retail. The company is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA and has additional offices in Alexandria, VA and Hawaii. The company is venture-backed and funded by established institutional capital. ZeroEyes technology is patented and recognized by US DHS with a SAFETY Act designation. ZeroEyes is also an established defense contractor leading multiple R&D lines of effort across the services.
Angel Investor
Feb 2020
Founded by award winning Stanford engineers and former athletes Greta Meyer and Amanda Calabrese, Sequel has redesigned the tampon. It is engineered to be more reliable, more comfortable, and more efficient at absorbing menstrual fluid. www.trysequel.com
early stageMedical Device
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