Jon Rezneck

Partner and Head of Investment Team

2015

Geodesic Capital supports entrepreneurs building transformative growth stage technology companies. The firm makes later stage investments and helps its portfolio companies expand globally into key markets in Asia, starting with Japan, by identifying employees, customers, partners and developing go-to-market strategies. Investments include: • Airbnb • Alkira • AppZen • Aurora Innovation • Bright Machines • Chronosphere • Clearcover • CyCognito • Confluent • Databricks • DataRobot • Dremio • Duo Security • Edge Delta • Figma • Fly.io • Forethought • HashiCorp • Imply • Instart Logic • InVision • JFrog • Kin • Ladder Life • Looker • Marqeta • MX Technologies • Netskope • Nile • Nova Credit • Orbital Insight • Otter • Paradox.ai • Pendo • Pilot • Pindrop Security • Sakana AI • Scale AI • Sisu • Snyk • Sourcegraph • Snap • Tanium • ThoughtSpot • Traceable • Transcarent • Transmit Security • TRM Labs • Uber Technologies • UiPath • Vercel • Viz.ai • Workato

Kauffman Fellow - Class 24

2019

Managing Director

2014

The Roos Group, LLC is an investment and advisory firm based in Palo Alto and founded by the former US Ambassador to Japan John V. Roos. It is engaged in a range of activities focused on linking Japan and the US, particularly Silicon Valley.

Principal

2009 - 2013

Responsible for execution and marketing of cross border and domestic M&A and restructuring advisory transactions. Opened Greenhill's Japan office in 2009 with 2 newly hired Japanese partners.

Vice President

2004 - 2008

Vice President working across the M&A and restructuring advisory businesses

Summer Associate

2003 - 2003

Sole associate at middle market growth capital and buyout private equity fund sponsored by the Berwind Corporation

Director of Business Development (member of 5 person senior management team)

2000 - 2002

Wireless telecommunications company with interests in Europe, South America, and the U.S. backed by the Blackstone Group. Helped build Crowley Data Poland into the leading fixed wireless broadband operator in Poland. Founding member and Management Committee member of Salmon PCS, a joint venture with Cingular Wireless.

Investment Banking Analyst, M&A Real Estate Group

1997 - 2000

Execution and marketing of M&A and corporate finance transactions for real-estate related companies.