Babak Nivi

Babak Nivi

Startup Advisor, Venture Hacker

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Founder at Venture Hacks
  • Advisor at Various Startups
Past
  • Entrepreneur in Residence at Atlas Venture
  • Vice President at Songbird
  • Entrepreneur in Residence at Bessemer
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet

Babak Nivi’s Summary

I've helped start companies that are backed by firms like Sequoia and Benchmark. I've worked at venture capital funds like Bessemer and Atlas.

I advise startups and run Venture Hacks, the business school for startups.

I take out the garbage on Wednesday.

Cold calls are welcome!

Babak Nivi’s Specialties:

Specialization is for insects.


Babak Nivi’s Experience

  • Founder

    Venture Hacks

    (Financial Services industry)

    March 2007Present (2 years 9 months)

    The business school for startups. Co-founded with Naval Ravikant. All of our content is online at http://venturehacks.com

  • Advisor

    Various Startups

    (Internet industry)

    January 2006Present (3 years 11 months)

    Grockit - Backed by Benchmark
    Songbird - Backed by Sequoia and Atlas
    Newroo - Acquired by MySpace
    Dropcam - Undisclosed
    reMail - Y Combinator
    Advisor to many other startups and entrepreneurs, formally and informally…

    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 2007January 2008 (11 months)

    $2B global venture fund. Worked with Jeff Fagnan. Sourced Veracode.

  • Vice President

    Songbird

    (Computer Software industry)

    December 2005January 2007 (1 year 2 months)

    Songbird is the "Firefox of Media Players". Backed by Sequoia and Atlas.

  • Entrepreneur in Residence

    Bessemer

    (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    October 2005March 2006 (6 months)

    $1B venture fund. Worked with David Cowan.

  • Consultant

    Atlas Venture

    (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    20042005 (1 year )

  • Associate

    Seed Capital Partners

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    20012004 (3 years )

    Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups in Boston and New York.

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    MIT Media Lab

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    19962000 (4 years )

    See "Education" below for details.


Babak Nivi’s Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Ph.D. Candidate , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , 19972000

    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.

  • 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.

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    S.B. , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , 1997

    Minor in maths.


Additional Information

Babak Nivi’s Honors:

2 U.S. Patents: http://www.nivi.com/patents
Published in Science: http://tinyurl.com/2gqzvf (pdf)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
My personal web site: http://nivi.com


Babak Nivi’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
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