Nitesh Banta co-founded Rough Draft Ventures as a by-students, for-students pre-seed program while at General Catalyst, championing the idea that students could be treated as true founders rather than just campus representatives. After helping establish the fund, he left full-time VC to become founder and CEO of B12, an AI-driven website platform, giving him the unusual dual perspective of both investor and operating founder in the AI startup space. Nitesh Banta co-founded Rough Draft Ventures as a by-students, for-students pre-seed program while at General Catalyst, championing the idea that students could be treated as true founders rather than just campus representatives. After helping establish the fund, he left full-time VC to become founder and CEO of B12, an AI-driven website platform, giving him the unusual dual perspective of both investor and operating founder in the AI startup space.