Investing Profile

Brian Rothenberg(808)

VCFounderGrowth OperatorProduct Operator
Partner at defy.vc
defy.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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61 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), and 58 other investors on Signal.

NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS
Sm4rt Predictive Systems Network
290 CONNECTIONS
Sm4rt Predictive Systems Network
290 CONNECTIONS
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Defy.vc Partner
$100K - $10.0M
$5.0M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Safara
Series UnknownDec 2024$7M
SeedSep 2022$4M
$11M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital)
PuppyGraph
SeedNov 2024$5M
$5M
Perfect Venue
SeedApr 2022$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), Sam Ellis (Scout Ventures)
Novi Connect
Series BFeb 2022$40M
Series ASep 2021$10M
SeedMar 2020$2M
$52M
Co-investors: Thomas Layton (Social Capital), Mike Duboe (Greylock Partners), Zachary Kushel (Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures)
Moment House
Series AAug 2021$12M
$26M
Co-investors: Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Jess Lee (Sequoia Capital), David Krane (GV (Google Ventures)), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Troy Carter, Aaron Levie, Jared Leto
OfficeTogether
SeedNov 2020$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Ben Orthlieb (Linkedin)
Fourthwall
SeedSep 2020$3M
$20M
Co-investors: Alex Taussig (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Alexis Ohanian (Curated)
Novi
SeedMar 2020$1.5M
$12M
Co-investors: Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners)
Marketplaces, SaaS, consumer internet, and most importantly: amazing founders.
Most direct-to-consumer products, pure biotech (software okay), most hardware (unless commodity hardware using software/data).
Product Manager yahooPresent
Scout Sequoia CapitalPresent
Growth Advisory Council Y CombinatorPresent
Angel Investor & Advisor FreelancePresent
Co-Head of Marketing TaskRabbitPresent
Co-Founder SkillslatePresent
Venture Capital MBA Intern CanaanPresent
Founder & CEO EventTicketsNow.comPresent
Venture Capital MBA Intern Canaan PartnersPresent
Product Manager Yahoo!Present
Founder & CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Angel Investor & Advisor The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Founder & CEO NewCoPresent
Expert Network Advisor & Angel Track First Round CapitalPresent
Angel Investor & Advisor Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Founder & CEO Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Partner Defy.vcPresent
Founder & CEO University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Partner defy.vcPresent
Founder & CEO Xtripe AngelsPresent
Founder & CEO .Present
Product Manager YahooPresent
VP of Growth & GM Eventbrite2012 - 2019
Head of Marketing TaskRabbit2011 - 2013
Co-Founder, VP Product Skillslate2009 - 2011
Product Manager Yahoo! Inc.2004 - 2008
University of Southern California B.S. Business Administration, Entrepreneurship & Marketing Entrepreneurship & Marketing
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA Finance, General Management
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA, Finance, General Management Finance
NYU Stern School of Business MBA Finance, General Management
University of Southern California B.S. Business Entrepreneurship & Marketing
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA Finance & General Management