Investing Profile

Brian Rothenberg(496)

VCFounderGrowth OperatorProduct Operator

Founder & growth exec from zero through IPO. Now early-stage VC

defy.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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Brian Rothenberg's investing connections

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41 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 38 other investors on Signal.

Networks Brian is a member of
University of Southern California Network
66 CONNECTIONS
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business Network
24 CONNECTIONS
Yahoo! Inc. Network
14 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Defy Partners Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
11
Current Fund Size
$262M

Brian Rothenberg is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Brian Rothenberg's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Novi Connect
Series BFeb 2022$40M
Series ASep 2021$10M
Seed RoundMar 2020$1.5M
$52M
Co-investors: Mike Duboe (Greylock), Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management)
Moment House
Series AAug 2021$12M
$26M
Co-investors: Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Jess Lee (Sequoia Capital), David Krane (GV), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Steve Stoute, Troy Carter
OfficeTogether
SeedNov 2020$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Ben Orthlieb (2.12 Angels)
Fourthwall
SeedSep 2020$3M
$20M
Co-investors: Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six)
Novi
SeedMar 2020$1.5M
$12M
PocketSuite
SeedDec 2019$1.2M
$1.2M
Aalto
Series AOct 2019$10M
$23M
Co-investors: Bryan Scheier (Sequoia Capital), Gregory Waldorf
Attentive
Seed RoundFeb 2019€1M
$390M
€1M
Co-investors: Thomas Loverro (FTX Ventures), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Scott Friend (Bain Capital Ventures), Kristian Andersen (High Alpha), David Beisel (NextView Ventures), Zak Schwarzman (MetaProp Ventures), Stephan Morais (Indico Capital Partners), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), Eric Tobias (High Alpha), Seth Corder (High Alpha), Mike Fitzgerald (High Alpha), David Spector (ThirdLove), Lucas Swisher (Coatue), Jon Nordmark

most interested in

Marketplaces, SaaS, consumer internet, and most importantly: amazing founders.

not interested in

Most direct-to-consumer products, pure biotech (software okay), most hardware (unless commodity hardware using software/data).

Brian Rothenberg's Experience

VP of Growth & GM Eventbrite2013 - 2019
Head of Marketing TaskRabbit2011 - 2013
Co-Founder, VP Product Skillslate2009 - 2011
Product Manager Yahoo! Inc.2004 - 2008

Brian Rothenberg's Education

University of Southern California B.S. Business Entrepreneurship & Marketing
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA Finance & General Management