Entrepreneur
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 had the pleasure of helping start companies that were backed by Sequoia, Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins... and work on the venture side at funds like Bessemer and Atlas Venture.
I run Venture Hacks, an entrepreneur's guide to hacking venture capital: http://venturehacks.com
I blog at http://www.nivi.com/blog
Babak Nivi’s Specialties:
Early stage consumer Internet startups
Babak Nivi’s Experience
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Founder
Venture Hacks
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Advisor
Various Startups
(Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Grockit - Backed by Benchmark
Songbird - Backed by Sequoia
Newroo - Acquired by MySpace
Other non-advisory roles:
Kovio - Co-inventor - Backed by Kleiner Perkins
Veracode - Sourced - Backed by Atlas and Polaris -
Entrepreneur in Residence
Atlas Venture
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2007 — January 2008 (11 months)
$2B global venture fund. Working with Jeff Fagnan.
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Vice President
Songbird
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Songbird is the "Firefox of Media Players". It is backed by Sequoia and Atlas: http://songbirdnest.com
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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. 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 the journal Science: http://tinyurl.com/2gqzvf
National Science Foundation 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
