Investing Profile

Naval Ravikant(2)

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Managing Partner at The Hit Forge

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Current Investing Position

The Hit Forge Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

277

Naval Ravikant is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Naval Ravikant's Investments On Record (231)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
The ePlane Company	Series BNov 2024$14M SeedJan 2022$5M SeedDec 2020$1M	$20M
Co-investors: Vishesh Rajaram (Speciale Invest)
Substack	Series UnknownNov 2024$10M	$92M
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Audrey Gelman, Emmett Shear, Mark Pincus, Kenji Niwa, Hari Lakshmanan
Tako	SeedOct 2024$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Chase Coleman (Tiger Global Management), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Guillermo Rauch, Stanley Druckenmiller, Paul Yacoubian, Gokul Rajaram, Scott Belsky, Kanjun Qiu
Synex Medical	Series ASep 2024$22M SeedOct 2020$5M	$27M
Co-investors: Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital)
Mystiko.Network	SeedMar 2024$18M	$18M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Gokul Rajaram
Blush	SeedFeb 2024$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Simon Rothman (Greylock), Mark Bailey (DFJ), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Vishal Rao
Perplexity	Series BJan 2024$74M	$170M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Elad Gil, Jeff Bezos, Stanley Druckenmiller, Tobias Lutke, Yann LeCun, Amjad Masad, Dylan Field, Guillermo Rauch, Bob Muglia, Balaji Srinivasan, Peter Sonsini
Extropic AI	SeedDec 2023$14M	$14M
Co-investors: Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Victor Wang (HOF Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Tobias Lutke, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Belsky, Balaji Srinivasan

Naval Ravikant's Experience

Founder and CEO Epinions, Inc.Present

Venture Partner August CapitalPresent

Founder, CEO, and now Chairman Vast.comPresent

Managing Partner Hit ForgePresent

Investors who invest with Naval Ravikant

Vishesh Rajaram

Speciale Invest

Tiger Global Management

Liquid 2 Ventures

A* Capital (A Star Capital)

Stanley Druckenmiller

Scouts & Angels Affiliated With Naval Ravikant

Guillermo Rauch