Investing Profile
Brian Rothenberg(541)
VCFounderGrowth OperatorProduct Operator
Founder & growth exec from zero through IPO. Now early-stage VC
defy.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Brian is a member of
University of Southern California Network
68 CONNECTIONS
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business Network
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Yahoo! Inc. Network
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cbCurrent 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
Angel, Scout, and Solo-CapitalistsConsumer Health (Series A)Enterprise (Series A)Local Services (Series A)Marketplaces (Series A)Parenting/Families (Series A)Real Estate/PropTech (Series A)SaaS (Series A)San Francisco Bay AreaSMB Software (Series A)Social Networks (Series A)Investors who invested in diverse foundersInvestors who invested in female foundersInvestors who were founders
Brian Rothenberg's Investments On Record (9)
Company | StageDateRound Size | Total Raised |
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Novi Connect | Series BFeb 2022$40M Series ASep 2021$10M Seed RoundMar 2020$1.5M | $52M |
Moment House | Series AAug 2021$12M | $26M |
OfficeTogether | SeedNov 2020$2M | $2M |
Fourthwall | SeedSep 2020$3M | $20M |
Novi | SeedMar 2020$1.5M | $12M |
PocketSuite | SeedDec 2019$1.2M | $1.2M |
Aalto | Series AOct 2019$10M | $23M |
Attentive | Seed RoundFeb 2019€1M | $390M €1M |
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
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