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Avidan Ross

Founding Partner // Root Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2013

    Early Stage Venture investments. Highly thesis driven. We are looking for two types of startups -- software and tools for engineers, letting them work on bigger bold problems & startups tackling the biggest, boldest problems

2012 - 2012

  • Author: Where to Drink Coffee

    2012 - 2012

    Drove cross country drinking coffee and collecting hand written lists of the best roasters and cafes. Inspired my book: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Drink-Coffee-Avidan-Ross/dp/0714873926

2011 - 2012

  • TV Pilot Host / Food Robotics

    2011 - 2012

    Hosted a TV show pre-pilot, “Weapons of Mass Consumption”. We built a fire breathing 60-second pizza oven. The show never aired due to a fire ball eating my co-host's eyebrows.

2004 - 2011

  • Chief Technology Officer / Investments

    2004 - 2011

    Responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and leading all aspects of the company’s technology investment and development. Focused the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth. Investing in technology, energy, and infrastructure. Aggregate $15 billion under management.

2000 - 2000

  • Network Software Engineering Intern

    2000 - 2000

    Built network traffic monitoring systems to help define the DOCSIS hardware specification. Paving the foundation for the connected home, by eliminating one 56k modem at a time.