Ravi Belani

Chair | Founder, Alchemist. Lecturer | Board Advisor at Stanford Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Center. Pre-seed Investor in 7 unicorns - incl Twitch, Rigetti, LaunchDarkly, Pubmatic, Onebrief, MoEngage, Zainar, xLight.

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • Alchemist Accelerator (14 yrs 3 mos)
    • Chairperson
      May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Chief Executive Officer
      Sep 2022 - May 2026 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Managing Director
      May 2012 - Oct 2022 · 10 yrs 6 mos

      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.

  • Stanford University (Stanford, California, United States)
    • Eugene L. Grant Undergraduate Teaching Award
      Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      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
      Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 7 mos

      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.

  • Board Advisor, Education & Curriculum Co-Chair at Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Advisor / Investor at Justin.TV, Pubmatic, Komli, Badgeville, AppCentral, Vizu, Layer8, Loki Studios, Dijit, Redux
    Aug 2008 - Present · 18 yrs

  • Associate at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
    Sep 2006 - May 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos