Investing Profile

Naval Ravikant(2)

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Managing Partner at The Hit Forge
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The Hit Forge Managing Partner
$100K - $5.0M
$1.5M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal 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: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Kenji Niwa, Audrey Gelman, Emmett Shear, Hari Lakshmanan, Mark Pincus
Tako
SeedOct 2024$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Chase Coleman (Tiger Global Management), 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
$670M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Jeff Bezos, Elad Gil, Balaji Srinivasan, Dylan Field, Peter Sonsini, Yann LeCun, Tobias Lutke, Amjad Masad, Guillermo Rauch, Bob Muglia, Stanley Druckenmiller, Shane Neman
Extropic AI
SeedDec 2023$14M
$14M
Co-investors: Victor Wang (HOF Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Tobias Lutke, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Belsky, Balaji Srinivasan
Founder and CEO Epinions, Inc.Present
Venture Partner August CapitalPresent
Founder, CEO, and now Chairman Vast.comPresent
Managing Partner Hit ForgePresent