Investing Profile

Ash Rust(93)

InvestorFormer CEOFounder
Managing Partner at Sterling Road
sterlingroad.comSan Francisco, California
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32 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 29 other investors on Signal.

Networks Ash is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Self-Employed Network
426 CONNECTIONS
Asset Management Group Network
216 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sterling Road Managing Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
9

Ash Rust is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ash Rust's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Zalos
SeedMar 2026$4M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Ooshma Garg (XFactor Ventures), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), James Beshara, Tom Blomfield, Paul Forster, Chris Smoak
Aster
Pre SeedJan 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Rodney Appiah (Cornerstone VC), Monique Woodard (Cake Ventures)
Puzzle Financial
Series AFeb 2023$15M
$45M
Co-investors: Brian Dixon (Kapor Capital), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Andy Harrison (Section 32), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Gokul Rajaram (Top-Patents), Ayo Omojola
Empower Sleep
Pre SeedJan 2023
Co-investors: Ankit Jain, Balaji Srinivasan
Amper Technologies
Series AMar 2022$11M
$26M
Co-investors: Cyril Ebersweiler (SOSV), Christian Dahlen (Band of Angels), Zach Kaplan (Corazon Capital), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Nilanjana Bhowmik (Converge Venture Partners)
Kyte
Series AOct 2021$30M
$100M
R$5.5M
Co-investors: Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Steve Schlenker (DN Capital), Sheel Tyle (Amplo), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Andrew Felbinger (Urban Innovation Fund), Frederico Greve (DGF Investimentos), Mariana Foresti (Honey Island Capital), Mario DeLara (Caravela Capital), Gregory Baker (Bascom Ventures), Klaus Hommels (Lakestar), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Ed Baker, Oliver Jung
Groundfloor
Pre SeedAug 2021$3M
$15M
Co-investors: Zann Ali (2048 Ventures), Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Yair Goldfinger (3VC), Julia Whippo (Top-Patents), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital), Varsha Rao (Nurx), Juney Ham, Musaab Hakami, E. Mackey
Breinify
SeedApr 2021$6M
$7M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Robert Davoli (Gutbrain Ventures)

Ash Rust's Experience

Mentor Forum VenturesPresent
Mentor TechstarsPresent
Director of Ranking KloutPresent
Lead Relevance Engineer OneRiot (Acquired by Walmart)Present
Cofounder & CEO SendHub (Acquired by Cameo Global)Present
EIR Trinity VenturesPresent
2nd Lieutenant, Troop Commander British ArmyPresent
Engineer CuilPresent
Managing Partner Sterling RoadPresent
Mentor Alchemist AcceleratorPresent
Advisor Bullpen CapitalPresent
Cofounder & CEO SendHubPresent
Product, Director of Ranking Klout (Acquired by Lithium)Present
Founder & Managing Director BeforeDawnPresent
Product, Director of Ranking KloutPresent
Founder & Managing Director NewCoPresent
2nd Lieutenant, Troop Commander Royal NavyPresent
Product, Director of Ranking KhorosPresent
Lead Relevance Engineer OneRiotPresent
Founder & Managing Director Self-EmployedPresent
Founder & Managing Director Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder & Managing Director Asset Management GroupPresent
Founder & Managing Director University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Ash Rust's Education

Durham University BSc Artificial Intelligence
University of Oxford Dual MSc Computer Science