Tagged: naval ravikant

October 24, 2020 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The system-wide Ethereum 2.0 upgrade is now just a few weeks away. As the date of the planned update gets closer, the ETH price keeps rising. Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and adoption, has surged 15% this past week (trading at… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Utsav Somani, partner at AngelList India, has revealed that they’re launching a new fund, called iSeed Southeast Asia. Somani notes that the project is being led by Wing Vasiksiri and it’s reportedly backed by Naval Ravikant, the co-founder, chairman and former CEO of AngelList, and… Read More

May 30, 2020 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fortmatic, a company that aims to improve the user experience, or UX, (which can be poor with digital asset wallets) by allowing users to access their Ethereum (ETH) funds from their app, has secured $4 million in seed funding. The firm’s app aims to allow users… Read More

March 19, 2017 @ 8:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Today, exactly 5 years ago, thousands of US Citizens asked the Senate to push forward and pass the JOBS Act of 2012 into law.  The letter, embedded below was signed by a diverse group of stakeholders, including: 534 investors 18 incubators 2,726 Entrepreneurs and… Read More

February 7, 2017 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

AngelList co-founder and CEO Naval Ravikant was recognized as the Angel Investor of the year at the Crunchies last night. During the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards, Techcrunch called out Ravikant’s 88 personal investors he has made in the past decade.  Ravikant topped Carine Megescas at… Read More

July 26, 2016 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

With AngelList spinoff Republic’s official launch last week, we decided to take a deeper look at Republic to see how they plan to differentiate themselves in this rapidly expanding crowdfunding marketplace. AngelList, arguably the largest and most successful investment crowdfunding platform in the world, provides… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an offshoot of AngelList, has launched its Title III / Regulation CF crowdfunding platform today. The company stated in a release that it would be providing investors access to “mission-driven startups” curated by the Republic team. Republic expects to garner investor interest from both… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

AngelList, the first equity crowdfunding platform in the US that allowed accredited investors the chance to gain access into early stage companies, is embracing Title III /Reg CF crowdfunding. AngelList is launching a new off-shoot cmopany labeled Republic to allow non-accredited investors the opportunity to… Read More

February 8, 2016 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Disruptive investment crowdfunding platform AngelList has published an end of the year recap.  The digital funding and job board community states that it raised $163 million during 2015. This number was generated for 441 startups funded by 3,379 investors. There are approximately 770,000 companies with… Read More

June 20, 2015 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant and ubiquitous VC Dave McClure (500 Startups) sat down together at the PreMoney gathering in San Francisco, an “invite only” event on the future of venture capital. The pair first chatted about the hot topic of is there, or isn’t there,… Read More

March 7, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rocketbook is the easiest way for people who prefer handwritten notes to also enjoy the ease and convenience of organized cloud storage. Joe Lemay, the CEO of Rocket Innovations, announced his newest product yesterday at Launch Festival in San Francisco, California. Rocketbook went live on… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

AngelList, a funding platform that was “equity crowdfunding” before people even knew what that meant, initially started as a matchmaker for angel investors and startups.  That simple objective has morphed into one of the leading investment communities online today.  Raising capital for cool startups is still… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 12:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois, Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon and AngelList founder Naval Ravikant will be the keynote speakers at this year’s Post Seed Conference, a one-day event that gathers investors, entrepreneurs and the startup press to discuss early-stage financing. Hosted by Bullpen Capital, Venture51 and Vator, Post Seed, (formerly known as… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 2:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

WealthForge, a leading technology provider for raising private capital online, today announced its list of the top 15 influencers in the private placement industry. The 15 individuals come from diverse backgrounds, with professionals across the financial, technology, legal and regulatory sectors. “These 15 industry experts… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a recent post, TechCrunch’s Jonathan Shieber shared the latest from AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, angel investor Gil Penchina and CrunchFund Investor and TechCruch Founder Michael Arrington from the stage of Disrupt SF 2014, ” AngelList is expanding globally and launching new vehicles for accredited investors to back what amounts to indexed AngelList… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 9:23 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

AngelList, the crowdfunding trailblazer, who was “equity crowdfunding” before people even knew what that meant, initially started as simply a matchmaker for angel investors and startups. As a legal and securities nerd I understand the difference between the Magna Carta and the AngeList SEC No… Read More

March 20, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Accredited Investors May Participate in Fund with a Minimum $2500 Investment. The RevTech Labs III 506(c) Index fund is officially open for investment. With the launch of the RevTech Labs III class, the fund allows accredited investors to invest in the spread of 10 startup… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

AngelList co-founder and CEO Naval Ravikant took to his blog over the weekend to outline what could be a new paradigm in funding startups. It melds the crowdfunding model with a novel cryptocurrency that in theory could allow a company to “go public” without the… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform AngelList has announced a new feature for their growing platform: Filtered alerts now allows investors to monitor specific characteristics such as location, type of offer, and other variables to aid in managing the growing number of businesses listing on their platform.  As… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With the lifting of the ban on general solicitation, today marks the beginning of a grand experiment in capital formation in the United States. It is also a boon to a crowdfunding industry that has largely been on autopilot while the implementation timeline of the… Read More