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Babak Nivi

Babak Nivi

Co-founder, AngelList

Venture

Babak Nivi is a co-founder of AngelList, the platform that connects startups with investors. TechCrunch reported in July 2017 that he co-founded AngelList in 2010 and had left the company. AngelList's own blog names him and Naval Ravikant as the co-founders who launched Venture Hacks, a blog of startup advice.

Babak hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Babak co-founded AngelList, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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AngelList co-founder Babak Nivi out 'for my own reasons'TechCrunch
2017
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Babak Nivi, Co-founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks - Startups Uncensored 37docstocTV (YouTube)
2013

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Who is Babak Nivi?

A co-founder of AngelList. TechCrunch reported in July 2017 that Nivi co-founded AngelList in 2010 to create a hub connecting startup founders, investors and job seekers.

Is Babak Nivi still at AngelList?

TechCrunch reported on July 21, 2017 that he had no role at the company, quoting AngelList's COO, and that Nivi said he had left for his own reasons to work on something new. No current title is published here because none could be verified from a first-party source.

What is Venture Hacks?

A startup-advice blog. AngelList's May 2021 blog post says AngelList co-founders Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi launched it fourteen years earlier, and TechCrunch's 2017 report described it as the site Nivi used to build support for AngelList.

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