Naval Ravikant
InvestorAdvisor at Kamal Ravikant Capital · Advisor at Stellar Development Foundation · Advisor; Co-Founder, MetaStable at Protocol Ventures · Co-founder of AngelList; angel investor · Advisor at Pronomos Capital · +1 more
San Francisco, CA
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About
Naval Ravikant co-founded AngelList, the platform that turned angel investing into infrastructure through syndicates and rolling funds. His own early checks included Twitter, Uber, and Postmates, and his writing and podcast appearances on wealth, leverage, and happiness have earned him an audience well beyond Silicon Valley. He remains AngelList's chairman and continues to invest personally.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Ravikant co-founded the consumer product review site Epinions in 1999, which merged into Shopping.com and IPO'd in 2004. Ravikant started a $20 million early-stage venture fund called The Hit Forge around 2007. Ravikant co-founded the cryptocurrency hedge fund MetaStable Capital in 2014. Ravikant launched Spearhead in 2017, a fund that provides capital to founders to invest as angel investors. Ravikant co-founded Airchat in 2023, a social media app using voice notes and AI transcription. Ravikant co-founded Vast.com before his AngelList chapter.
- Education
- Studied at Stuyvesant High School (1991) Studied at Dartmouth College (BS, computer science and economics, 1995)
- Communities
- Ravikant hosts a podcast, Nav.al, discussing philosophy and investing, and co-hosts a podcast with Brett Hall.
- Awards
- Ravikant is a recipient of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship. In 2026, Forbes named Ravikant to its 'Self-Made 250' list.
- Hobbies
- Ravikant describes himself as a voracious reader who frequently rereads favorite books in science and philosophy, citing authors such as J. Krishnamurti and Osho as his favorite philosophers.
- Family
- Ravikant moved to New York City at age 9 with his mother and brother Kamal, raised by a single mother.
From Naval's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Investor
Anchorage DigitalNotionOpenSeaPerplexityPostmatesQuill NotesStack OverflowTwitterUberYammer
Per curated public sources.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Naval RavikantHacking AngelList syndicates with cofounder Naval Ravikant
This Week in Startups
Riding AGI, AI Anxiety, Who Funded COVID, Defending Taiwan, and California Empire
Naval
Full Episode: The AI Industrial Revolution
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The Regulatory Frontier: Battling Red Tape at Scale
Naval
Vibe Coding Hardware
Naval
Waste Tokens, Save Time
Naval
6 more appearances
- Sell the Truth2026-05-11
- ‘Nothing Ever Happens’ Is Over2026-05-04
- On Vibe Coding2026-04-28
- On Artificial Intelligence2026-02-19
- On Recruiting2025-11-08
- Conversation with Naval Ravikant, Founder & Chairman of AngelList | Middle East & Africa Summit 20232024-09-06
Colleagues at Kamal Ravikant Capital
Network16
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Chris Burniske · scoutChristian Lawless · scoutDaniel Gorfine · scoutTeymour Boutros-Gali · scout
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Naval Ravikant?
- Naval Ravikant co-founded AngelList, the platform that turned angel investing into infrastructure through syndicates and rolling funds. His own early checks included Twitter, Uber, and Postmates, and his writing and podcast appearances on wealth, leverage, and happiness have earned him an audience well beyond Silicon Valley. He remains AngelList's chairman and continues to invest personally.
- Where does Naval Ravikant work?
- Naval Ravikant is Advisor at Kamal Ravikant Capital.
- What does Naval Ravikant invest in?
- Naval Ravikant invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, SaaS.
- What companies has Naval Ravikant invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Anchorage Digital, Notion, OpenSea, Perplexity, Postmates, Quill Notes, Stack Overflow, Twitter, Uber, Yammer.
- What awards has Naval Ravikant received?
- Ravikant is a recipient of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship. In 2026, Forbes named Ravikant to its 'Self-Made 250' list.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Naval Ravikant?
- Tracked appearances include "Hacking AngelList syndicates with cofounder Naval Ravikant", "Riding AGI, AI Anxiety, Who Funded COVID, Defending Taiwan, and California Empire", "Full Episode: The AI Industrial Revolution", and 9 more.
Paths to reach Naval
People who overlapped with Naval at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
