RB

Ravi Belani

CEO | Founder, Alchemist Accelerator, Lecturer / Board Advisor at Stanford Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship, Pre-seed Investor in Twitch, Rigetti, LaunchDarkly, Pubmatic, Onebrief, MoEngage, Litmus.

Los Altos, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $40,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $40,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $40,000.00

Work Experience

  • Eugene L. Grant Undergraduate Teaching Award

    2023

    Recipient of the 2023 Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award for the Management Science & Engineering Department

  • Adjunct Lecturer, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (MS&E 472) and MS&E 178

    2012

    I serve on the teaching team for ETL, a flagship entrepreneurship speaker series at Stanford in the School of Engineering which is one of the larger classes (over 150 students typically). And also co-instruct Entrepreneurship: Principles & Perspectives (MS&E 178). Past speakers have included Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom, 23 and Me Co-Founder Ann Wojicicki, Gates Foundation head Melinda Gates, LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and others. Co-instructors have included Heidi Roizen, Tom Byers, Tina Seelig, Emily Ma, and Toby Corey.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2022

  • Managing Director

    2012 - 2022

    The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises (not consumers). The accelerator backs teams with distinctive technical founders, and provides $40K notes, a fellowship of high potential founders, highly sought after mentors, customer development, and a structured path to fundraising. Alumni include Rigetti Quantum Computing, LaunchDarkly, Matternet, Volans-i, mPharma, and many others.

  • Board Advisor, Education & Curriculum Co-Chair

    2020

  • Associate

    2006 - 2010

  • Investment Associate Intern

    2005 - 2005

2005 - 2005

  • Summer Associate

    2005 - 2005

  • Analyst

    2002 - 2004

  • Product Manager

    2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

  • Business Analyst

    1999 - 2000

    San Francisco Office, hi tech / biotech clients