Investing Profile

Christopher J Rust

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Clear Ventures General Partner
$100K - $5.0M
$2.0M
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$180M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Espresa
Series AOct 2023$23M
$30M
Co-investors: Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), Warren Weiss (WestWave Capital)
Founding Investor, Advisor Atmosic Technologies2017 - Present
Founding Investor, Board Member Arrcus2016 - Present
Advisor, Series A Investor Falcon Computing Solutions2015 - Present
Advisor, Series A Investor Swift Navigation2015 - Present
Advisor, Series A Investor GoEuro2014 - Present
Advisor, Series A Investor Robin Systems2014 - Present
Advisor, Series A Investor Reflektion2013 - Present
Founding Investor, Board Member Vera Security2013 - Present
Board Observer, Advisor Zerto2011 - Present
Board Member AccelOps2012 - 2013
Founding Investor, Board Member Plumgrid2011 - 2013
Founding Investor, Board Member, Advisor Kaiam Corporation2010 - 2013
Advisor, Series A Investor, Board Observer GoPro2008 - 2013
Partner US Venture Partners2004 - 2013
Investment Team & Series A Co-Sponsor Appthority2012 - 2012
Investment Team & Series B Co-Sponsor Altobeam2010 - 2010
Seed/Founding Investor CloudPassage2010 - 2010
Board Member Dune Networks2007 - 2010
Investment Team & Series D Co-Sponsor Optichron2009 - 2009
Investment Team & Series A Co-Sponsor Trusteer2008 - 2008
Board Member LVL72005 - 2007
Board Member Commerce52005 - 2005
Board Member Mahi Networks1999 - 2005
Board Member Afara WebSystems2000 - 2002
Board Member Turin Networks1999 - 2002
Board Observer Mellanox Technologies1999 - 2002
Board Observer Telera1998 - 2002
Partner Sequoia Capital1998 - 2002
Board Member Nexsi Systems2000 - 2001
Board Member VxTel1999 - 2001
Seed Investor Springbank2000 - 2000
Board Members SwitchOn Networks1999 - 2000
Board Observer Abrizio1998 - 2000
Director of Product Management, Board Observer Avanex1998 - 2000
Board Observer Syndesis1998 - 2000
Board Observer Netscreen Technologies1998 - 1998
Senior Director of Product Management Carrier Access Corporation1997 - 1998
Director of Product Management ComCore1996 - 1997
Broadband Product Manager Sourcecom1995 - 1996
Co-Founder & Lead Infrastructure Architect Roadrunner/ Time Warner Cable1993 - 1995
Member of Technical Staff US West Advanced Technologies1991 - 1995
Teaching Assistant, then Adjunct Faculty Member University of Colorado Boulder1990 - 1994
Member of Technical Staff MITRE1988 - 1992
Electronic Technician to Field Engineer Nokia1987 - 1987
Electronic Technician to Software Engineer Wang Laboratories1984 - 1987
University of Massachusetts Lowell MSEE Electrical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder ME Engineering Management Telecommunications Engineering