Both Camp and Kalanick were well connected, so they were able to avoid the awkward groveling that the Airbnb founders had endured the previous year. They kicked off the process simply by contacting a friend, Naval Ravikant, who had created an e-mail network of SEC-accredited investors called AngelList. Kalanick had been informally talking to Ravikant about becoming a partner at AngelList, and Ravikant offered to help Kalanick try out the service to reach out to some top investors.
