Ravi Belani

Founder of Stanford University

Los Altos, California

Overview

Ravi Belani is the CEO and Founder of Alchemist Accelerator, where he has led the organization to become a prominent player in the startup ecosystem. He is also a Lecturer and Member of the Board of Advisors at Stanford University's Technology Ventures Program, with early investment successes in companies like Twitch/Justin.TV and Pubmatic. Belani's career highlights include being an early investor in successful startups like Twitch/Justin.TV and Pubmatic, as well as his leadership role as the CEO and Founder of Alchemist Accelerator, a renowned startup program.

Work Experience

Stanford University

Eugene L. Grant Undergraduate Teaching Award
2023 - Current
Recipient of 2023 Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award for the Management Science & Engineering Department
Lead Instructor, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (MS&E 472)
2020
I serve as the faculty lead 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). 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 include Tom Byers, Tina Seelig, Emily Ma, and Toby Corey.
Member Of The Board Of Advisors, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
2020
I serve on the advisory board of STVP, the entrepreneurship center in the School of Engineering at Stanford University
Lecturer, Fenwick & West Educator of Entrepreneurship, Spirit of Entrepreneurship
2012
I co-teach (with Heidi Roizen, Toby Corey, and Emily Ma) MS&E 178: The Spirit of Entrepreneurship, an undergrad / grad survey course on entrepreneurship.

Alchemist Accelerator

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.

AWS Healthcare is a global healthcare accelerator.

alchemistaccelerator.com