Venture Hacker
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder at Venture Hacks
- Advisor at Various Startups
- Past
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- Entrepreneur in Residence at Atlas Venture
- Vice President at Songbird
- Entrepreneur in Residence at Bessemer
- Consultant at Atlas Venture
- Associate at Seed Capital Partners
- Graduate Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab
- Education
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Babak Nivi’s Summary
I like helping entrepreneurs succeed. Like Hamburger Helper for entrepreneurs.
I've helped start companies that are backed by Sequoia, Benchmark, and Kleiner Perkins. I've also worked on the venture side at funds like Bessemer and Atlas.
I advise startups and run Venture Hacks, the business school for startups.
Cold calls are welcome!
Babak Nivi’s Specialties:
Specialization is for insects.
Babak Nivi’s Experience
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Founder
Venture Hacks
(Financial Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
The business school for startups. Co-founded with Naval Ravikant. All of our content is online at http://venturehacks.com
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Advisor
Various Startups
(Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Grockit - Backed by Benchmark
Songbird - Backed by Sequoia and Atlas
Newroo - Acquired by MySpace
Dropcam - Undisclosed
reMail - Y Combinator
Many others...
Non-advisory roles:
Kovio - Co-inventor - Backed by Kleiner Perkins
Veracode - Sourced - Backed by Atlas and Polaris -
Entrepreneur in Residence
Atlas Venture
(Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2007 — January 2008 (11 months)
$2B global venture fund. Worked with Jeff Fagnan. Sourced Veracode.
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Vice President
Songbird
(Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Songbird is the "Firefox of Media Players". Backed by Sequoia and Atlas.
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Entrepreneur in Residence
Bessemer
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
October 2005 — March 2006 (6 months)
$1B venture fund. Worked with David Cowan.
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Consultant
Atlas Venture
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
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Associate
Seed Capital Partners
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups in Boston and New York.
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Graduate Research Assistant
MIT Media Lab
(Higher Education industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years)
See below for details.
Babak Nivi’s Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Candidate , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , 1997 — 2000
Research Assistant to Prof. Joe Jacobson at the Media Lab. Co-developed the first printed inorganic transistor. The technology was spun out into Kovio, a startup backed by Vinod Khosla and Kleiner Perkins. Received a U.S. Patent. Published results in the journal Science. Made parents proud. On leave from the Ph.D. program.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.Eng. , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , 1997
Research Assistant to Prof. Neil Gershenfeld at the Media Lab. Received a U.S. Patent for technology to safely send power through the human body. Slept a lot. National Science Foundation Fellow.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B. , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , 1997
Minor in maths.
Additional Information
Babak Nivi’s Websites:
Babak Nivi’s Honors:
2 U.S. Patents: http://www.nivi.com/patents
Published in Science: http://tinyurl.com/2gqzvf
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Babak Nivi’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
