Naval Ravikant
Also known as Naval
Co-founder and chairman of AngelList; angel investor and host of the Naval podcast.
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- Naval Ravikant is an Indian-born American entrepreneur and angel investor.
- He co-founded Epinions in 1999 and AngelList in 2010, which grew out of his Venture Hacks blog.
- His early investments include Uber, Twitter, Postmates and Yammer.
- His tweets and interviews were collected by Eric Jorgenson in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant.
- He hosts a podcast at nav.al.
Key facts
- Born
- 5 November 1974, New Delhi; moved to New York City at 91
- Studied
- Dartmouth College, computer science and economics, graduated 19951
- Epinions
- Co-founded it in 1999; it merged with DealTime into Shopping.com in 20031
- The Hit Forge
- A $20M early-stage fund started around 2007; backed Twitter, Uber and Stack Overflow1
- AngelList
- Co-founded it in 2010; chairman1
- MetaStable Capital
- Co-founded the cryptocurrency hedge fund in 20141
- Spearhead
- Launched in 2017; gives founders capital to invest as angels1
- Airchat
- Co-founded the voice-note social app in 20231
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