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Ross Blankenship(28)

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Connected to Phil Nadel (Forefront Venture Partners).

Networks Ross is a member of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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Cornell University Network
79 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Recharged Partners Managing Partner
Investment Range
$750K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
6

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Ross Blankenship's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
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Series AFeb 2018$10M
$21M
Co-investors: David Wieland (Motivate Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ryan Moore (Accomplice VC), David Wieland (IrishAngels), John Stokes (Real Ventures), Roger Dickey, Ian McNish
Notable Labs
Series ASep 2017$15M
$76M
Co-investors: Chris Sklarin (Alumni Ventures Group), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures Group), Charlie Pinto (Bling Capital), Milad Alucozai (BoxOne Ventures), John Kim (AMASIA), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), John Noonan (Lifeforce Capital), Stefano Bernardi (Atomico), Jim Kim (Builders VC), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Ian McNish, Eric Anschutz
Numerai
Series ADec 2016$6M
$14M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Nurzhas Makishev (NKM Capital), Eric Ver Ploeg, Alex Pack, Samvit Ramadurgam
Rappi
Seed RoundMay 2016
$2.1B
Co-investors: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Sydney Meheula (Softbank Group), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Sajid Rahman (MYASIAVC PTE LTD), Utsav Somani (AngelList), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator), Sergio Romo (Investo), Allen Taylor (Endeavor Catalyst), Samvit Ramadurgam, Ding Zhou, Jonathan Swanson, Michael Abramson
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Series AJun 2015$15M
$96M
Co-investors: M.G. Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Jose Marin (FJ Labs), David Stern (Clearstone), Gary Vaynerchuk (Vayner RSE), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Josh Abramson, Scott Belsky, Zach Weinberg, MG Siegler, Naveen Selvadurai
Buffer
Series AOct 2014$3.5M
$4.4M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Keval Desai (InterWest), Shan Mehta (CITG Capital), Gady Nemirovsky (Inspiration VC), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Robert Fanini (Inspiration VC), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Gokul Rajaram, Dharmesh Shah, Alberto Benbunan, Hiten Shah, Jay Gould, Jay Baer

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Ross D. Blankenship (RossBlankenship.com) is an early angel investor, 3x entrepreneur in technology startups, and expert advisor to America's Top Startups. Blankenship has helped create some of America's most popular websites and mobile applications. Ross Blankenship helps startups that want to grow and scale into the America's next top startups.

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Ross Blankenship's Experience

CEO and Chairman Recharged Partners2020 - Present
Enforcement Division U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission2007 - 2007
Admissions and Education Policy Committee Cornell University2003 - 2005

Ross Blankenship's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cybersecurity Technology
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Juris Doctor (J.D.) Law
Cornell University BA Government
NMH Diploma HS