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Naval Ravikant: History of A great VC

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===================================================== He made 100MfromUber.100M from Uber. 100M from Twitter. But… where is he investing now?

Naval Ravikant isn’t just a thinker — he’s one of the most successful early-stage investors in Silicon Valley history.


TRACK RECORD

• Early backer of Uber, Twitter, Stack Overflow • Yammer, Postmates • Co-founder of AngelList • Still writing “small” 50K50K–500K checks

So… where is NAVAL investing in 2025?

(Data via Harmonic) 👇👇👇

===================================================== AI • DEEP TECH • INFRA

[ ] Extropic → Thermodynamic accelerated computing

[ ] Cal.com → Open-source Calendly for developers

[ ] Nomic AI → Local LLMs & AI dataset exploration

[ ] Chroma → Open-source vector database for AI apps

[ ] OpenBB → Open-source AI financial research

[ ] Atomic Semi → Building a next-gen chip fab from zero

[ ] Mindstate Design Labs → AI neurotech & consciousness research

[ ] dWallet Labs → Decentralized wallet access & security

===================================================== HEALTH • BIOTECH • INFRA

[ ] Perplexity → AI answer engine challenging Google

[ ] Vibe Bio → AI-driven drug development decisions

[ ] Pylon → Mortgage-as-a-service API

[ ] The Coterie → Back-office software for fund managers

[ ] Darwinium → Behavioral security & fraud prevention

[ ] Andalusia Labs → Secure crypto infrastructure

[ ] Webstudio → Open-source drag-and-drop web builder

[ ] NocoDB → SQL → Airtable-style UI

[ ] Blowfish → Wallet security scanning millions of txs

[ ] Monad Foundation → Ultra-fast EVM-compatible L1

[ ] Reasoner (Patented.ai) → AI for patent infringement & licensing

===================================================== “Play long-term games with long-term people.”

Naval is still playing the long game. And he’s still winning.

Who do you think will be the next Perplexity or Scale AI?

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