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Rene Reinsberg

Working on Celo | MIT alum

United States

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

  • President

    2020

  • Partner

    2017 - 2021

    Celo's mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for everyone.

  • Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

    2016 - 2017

2013 - 2016

  • GM Get Found & VP, Emerging Products

    2013 - 2016

    Oversaw relaunch of Locu's product, Get Found (Local Business Listings) and expanded digital marketing products portfolio, with new small business SEO and Ads products. Led new products team, launching new products (e.g. Flare) and partnering with leading research institutions (e.g. MIT Media Lab) to bring innovation from the lab to main street (literally, see coverage below).

  • CEO and Co-Founder

    2011 - 2013

    Locu's vision was to better connect local merchants with consumers. By mid-2013, Locu was helping more than 30,000 local businesses – including restaurants, spas, salons, photographers, accountants and home-remodeling companies – manage their business listings data on search engines and local review sites and apps, counting Yelp, YP and OpenTable among its partners.

2010 - 2011

  • Research & Teaching Assistant

    2010 - 2011

    Research Assistant, Evolution towards Web 3.0 (Prof. Madnick) Teaching Assistant, 15.387 Technology Sales and Sales Management & 15.396 Special Seminar: Complex Sales Organizations (Prof. Howard Anderson / Peter Levine)

2009 - 2009

  • Consultant

    2009 - 2009

    Working on various finance- and community-building projects, including the Civil Society Initiative for the 2009/2010 period.

2006 - 2008

  • Global Capital Markets

    2006 - 2008

    Worked in London Fixed Income Capital Markets (FICM) department, focusing on hybrid bond structuring, corporate debt capital and structured derivatives. Prior summer internship (2005) in Equity Capital Markets (ECM)

2004 - 2004

  • Fellow Intern

    2004 - 2004