Investing Profile

Peter Rojas(95)

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roj.asSan Francisco, California
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27 Investors

Connected to Pete Flint (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), and 24 other investors on Signal.

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Harvard University Network
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Current Investing Position
Betaworks Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$200K - $550K
Investments On Record
7
Current Fund Size
$50M

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Peter Rojas's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Meeno
Pre SeedApr 2023$1M
$5M
Co-investors: Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Andre Heinz (Obvious Ventures), Carmen Chang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Andrew Ng (AI Fund), Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), Jim Lanzone
MovieBot
Pre SeedJul 2021$2M
Convertible NoteOct 2020$210K
$2.3M
Co-investors: Molly Fowler (Dorm Room Fund), Aaron Batalion (Batalion Capital), Leif Danielsen (Acequia Capital), Marc Jalabert (Acequia Capital), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital)
Streem
SeedDec 2017$2M
$2.9M
Co-investors: Matt Huang (Paradigm), Hans Tung (GGV Capital), Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Sweet
SeedNov 2017$4M
$4.9M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Chris Stallman (Fontinalis Partners), Ben Kosinski
me.me
Convertible NoteAug 2016$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Bruce Hallett (Miramar Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital))
Howdy
SeedOct 2015$2M
$2M

Peter Rojas's Experience

Partner Betaworks Ventures2016 - Present
Entrepreneur in Residence betaworks2015 - 2016
Director, AOL Alpha AOL2014 - 2015
VP of Strategy AOL2013 - 2015
CEO & Co-Founder gdgt2008 - 2013
CEO & Founder RCRD LBL2007 - 2009
Founder Joystiq2004 - 2008
Founder & Editor-in-chief Engadget2004 - 2008
Founder & Editor-in-Chief Gizmodo2002 - 2004
Associate Editor Red Herring Magazine1999 - 2001

Peter Rojas's Education

University of Sussex Master of Arts (M.A.) English Literature
Harvard University Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Social Studies
Choate Rosemary Hall