Difference between revisions of "Naval Ravikant"

Latest revision as of 06:57, 8 October 2023

Occupations

AngelList; Founder and CEO, Chairman
He previously co-founded Epinions (which went public as part of Shopping.com) and Vast.com. He is an active Angel investor, including Twitter, Uber, Yammer, Stack Overflow and Wanelo.”
Adviser at Stellar
Algorand; advisor (12-2-2020)
BloXroute; advisor
Celo; advisor and investor (24-6-2021).

Investments

Agoric. Has funded (21-2-2020) Agoric.
Anchor; Do Kwon mentioned them as part of a $20M raise, calling the participants the 'Anchor whales' (16-3-2021)
Anchorage. Invested in Anchorage and is also an advisor on their tea
Bittorrent. From CoinDesk (19-6-2019):

"According to Crunchbase, Greylock Partners, Naval Ravikant and Andreessen Horowitz have all backed the young company, which has raised $3.4 million so far."

Blockstack. Invested (2014) in Blockstack
Celo; advisor and investor (24-6-2021).
Coda
dYdX. Participated in a $10M Series A round investing in dYdX
Fei Protocol; part of a $19M raise (9-3-2021).
InstaDapp. Was part of a $2.4M seed round (1-10-2019) in InstaDapp.
Gitcoin; was part of a $11.4M raise for them (14-4-2021).
Kine; listed as one of the backers (15-3-2021).
Monad; part of their $19M raise (14-2-2023).
OpenSea; part of a $23M raise (18-3-2021).
Polymarket. Participated in a $4M raise for Polymarket (19-10-2020).
Radicle; one of the backers named as an early supporter (17-2-2021).
SIREN Markets; part of a $4M raise (2-3-2021).
StarkWare; according to DeFi Weekly (9-3-2021).
Investor in ZCash

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 *Agoric. Has [https://medium.com/@interchain_io/highlighting-organizations-in-the-cosmos-ecosystem-e55c39e262d7 funded] (21-2-2020) [[Agoric]].
 *[[Anchor (ANC)|Anchor]]; [[Do Kwon]] mentioned them as part of a [https://twitter.com/d0h0k1/status/1371738421559914496 $20M raise], calling the participants the 'Anchor [[Whale|whales]]' (16-3-2021)
-*Anchorage. Invested in [[Anchorage]] and is also an advisor on their team
+*Anchorage. Invested in [[Anchorage]] and is also an advisor on their tea
 *[[TRON (TRX)|Bittorrent]]. [https://www.coindesk.com/bittorrent-creator-bram-cohen-takes-over-as-ceo-at-chia-network From] [[CoinDesk]] (19-6-2019):
 "''According to Crunchbase, [[Greylock Partners]], Naval Ravikant and [[Andreessen Horowitz]] have all backed the young company, which has raised $3.4 million so far."''
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 *[[Celo (CELO)|Celo]]; advisor and investor ([https://messari.io/asset/celo/profile 24-6-2021]).
 *[[Coda]]
+*dYdX. [https://medium.com/dydxderivatives/dydx-raises-10m-series-a-1250b7e0e1df?ref=tokendaily&ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)&mc_cid=10f74de992&mc_eid=b9fac0945e Participated] in a $10M Series A round investing in [[dYdX]]
-* dYdX. [https://medium.com/dydxderivatives/dydx-raises-10m-series-a-1250b7e0e1df?ref=tokendaily&ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)&mc_cid=10f74de992&mc_eid=b9fac0945e Participated] in a $10M Series A round investing in [[dYdX]]
 *[[Fei Protocol (FEI)|Fei Protocol]]; part of a [https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-naval-framework-ventures-19m-raise-fei-stablecoin $19M raise] (9-3-2021).
 * InstaDapp. Was part of [https://medium.com/instadapp/seed-round-503b689fc71c a $2.4M seed round] (1-10-2019) in [[InstaDapp]].
 *[[Gitcoin]]; was part of a [https://gitcoin.co/blog/gitcoin-grows-treasury-to-accelerate-open-source/ $11.4M] raise for them (14-4-2021).
 *[[Kine (KINE)|Kine]]; [https://kine.io/ listed] as one of the backers (15-3-2021).
+*[[Monad]]; [https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/14/monad-labs-raises-19m-to-grow-its-smart-contract-platform-and-improve-the-ethereum-space/ part of] their $19M raise (14-2-2023).
 *[[OpenSea]]; part of a [https://decrypt.co/61947/opensea-series-a $23M raise] (18-3-2021).
 *Polymarket. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/rorymurray/2020/10/19/polymarket-raises-massive-4-million-round-from-polychain-naval-ravikant-other-notable-investors/#485567ffc62e Participated] in a $4M raise for [[Polymarket]] (19-10-2020).