 | Naval Ravikant of AngelList now a Silicon Valley power broker |
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Naval Ravikant, 39, is one of the valley's most influential names in the startup game, thanks to his having launched AngelList -- a matchmaking service for startups and funders. "On AngelList, we get 100 new companies created a day. That's an insane flood," he told the crowd. While acknowledging that many of those are "junk," Ravikant said as many as 20 "high-quality, fundable companies a week" are popping up on the site's radar. And even with many angel investors pulling back as the tech-stock market has cooled, Ravikant said startups are using AngelList to land between $10 million and $20 million every month. Some venture capital firms use the site to pan for prospects. "AngelList has really become the calling card of every new startup," said Josh Elman, a venture capitalist with Greylock Partners. An AngelList profile, he said, is as important for a startup seeking funding as a LinkedIn profile is for someone seeking a job. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22535486/naval-ravikant-angellist-went-from-dot-com-pariah http://www.crunchbase.com/company/angellist http://angel.co/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/06/angellists-naval-ravikant-says-the-future-of-vc-is-smaller-funding-rounds-more-enterprise-and-hardware/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/26/angelist/ http://gcase.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=840 http://gcase.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=740 http://gcase.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=589 http://gcase.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=556 SOURCE: MercuryNews.com, TechCrunch.com, gcase.org |
