Founder at AngelList
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and angel investor best known as the co-founder, chairman, and former CEO of AngelList. He has built startup infrastructure across AngelList, CoinList, Spearhead, and Airchat, and is known for early investments in companies such as Twitter, Uber, and Notion.
FounderSan Francisco Bay Area, CA
Companies
Experience
- 1999 – 2001Founder, CEO, EpinionsFounder and former CEO of Epinions.
- Since 2007Co-founder, Venture HacksLaunched Venture Hacks with Babak Nivi before AngelList.
- CurrentFounder, SpearheadAssociated publicly with Spearhead as founder on the official site.
- Previous roleFounder, VastListed on his public Wellfound profile among companies he founded.
- Previous roleFounder, Hit ForgeListed on his public Wellfound profile among companies he founded.
- Previous roleFounder, CoinListListed on his public Wellfound profile among companies he founded; early press also describes CoinList as a joint project launched from AngelList.
Investments
- Consumer InternetTwitterSocial networking platform, now branded as X.
- TransportationUberRide-hailing and mobility platform.
- AdTechHeyzapMobile game discovery and advertising company.
- CryptoStacksBitcoin Layer 2 and app ecosystem formerly developed as Blockstack.
- Productivity SoftwareNotionWorkspace and productivity software platform.
- Developer ToolsVercelFrontend cloud platform for building and deploying web applications.
Profile
Naval has spent decades building tools and capital networks for founders. AngelList grew out of Venture Hacks and his own early-stage investing experience, turning private startup access into software and infrastructure for more builders and investors.
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