Investing Profile

Joseph Ruscio

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General Partner at Heavybit

heavybit.comPortland, Oregon

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Virginia Tech Network

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Network

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Illinois Institute of Technology Network

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Current Investing Position

Heavybit General Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Joseph Ruscio is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Developer Tools (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Seattle / Portland San Francisco Bay Area Enterprise Applications (Seed)Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed)

Joseph Ruscio's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Reo.Dev	Series AJul 2026$11M SeedOct 2025$4M	$16M
Co-investors: Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Nakul Gupta (Faction VC), Krishna Mehra
Modiqo	Pre SeedMay 2026$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Jean Sini (Partech Ventures), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures)
Duckbill	Series UnknownFeb 2026$8M	$33M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Alex Benik (Battery Ventures), Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), David Fialkow (General Catalyst)
Milestone	SeedNov 2025$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Amit Agarwal
Sanity	Series CMay 2025$85M Series BJun 2021$39M Series AOct 2020$9M Series AOct 2020$9.3M SeedSep 2019$2M	$150M
Co-investors: Evan Williams (Obvious Ventures), Ev Williams (Obvious Ventures), Joseph Ruscio (Heavybit), Ben Metcalfe (Monochrome Capital), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Josh Stein (Threshold Ventures), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Peter Secor (Three Bridges), Adam Gross, Mathias Biilmann Christensen, Guillermo Rauch, Christian Bach, Edvard Engesæth
Tailscale	Series CApr 2025$160M Series BMay 2022$100M Series ANov 2020$12M SeedApr 2020$3M	$280M
Co-investors: Reid Christian (CRV), Ping Li (Accel), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Rebecca Liu-Doyle (Insight Partners), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Amit Kumar (Accel-KKR), David Waxman (TenOneTen Ventures), Joseph Ruscio (Heavybit), Tom Drummond (Heavybit), George Kurtz, Chris McKillop
Kosli	Series AMar 2025$10M SeedNov 2022$3M	$13M
Co-investors: Mark Trevitt (BDC Venture Capital), Tom Drummond (Heavybit)
Userfront	SeedMay 2024$5M	$5M

Joseph Ruscio's Experience

Senior Director of Engineering SolarWindsPresent

Chief Strategist for Cloud SolarWindsPresent

Seed Investor SanityPresent

Pre-Seed Investor & Board Observer OrbitPresent

Seed Investor & Board Observer TailscalePresent

Seed Investor & Board Director PartnerPagePresent

Seed Investor & Board Observer LocalStackPresent

Seed Investor & Board Director groundcoverPresent

Seed Investor & Board Director WorkbrewPresent

Seed Investor & Board Director Reo.DevPresent

Part-time Partner HeavybitPresent

General Partner HeavybitPresent

Joseph Ruscio's Education

Illinois Institute of Technology B.S. Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science

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