Roy Rodenstein
Startup mentor, angel & advisor to multiple IPO startups, serial founder, hyperfeminist, global citizen
Boston, Massachusetts
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Education
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- GI
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Lists including Roy
Investments
Juna
Total Funding:
Seedscout
Total Funding: $440K
Troy Medicare
Total Funding: $10M
Hackers/Founders
Total Funding: $300K
Blank Label
Total Funding: $1M
Simply
Total Funding: $43M
Shareaholic
Total Funding: $7.4M
Crashlytics
Total Funding: $6M
ShareSquare
Total Funding: $150K
Humanoid
Total Funding: $2.1M
Flywire
Total Funding: $140M
Locately
Total Funding: $300K
Presto
Total Funding: $110M
Rapportive
Total Funding: $1M
Work Experience
Advisory Board Member, Cornell Engineered Living Materials Institute
2023
2014
Co-founder
2014
MyTwitterManager is a fully-managed service helping startups and SMBs to grow their business via social media. We apply Machine Learning to identify the most relevant users for our clients and engage them on their behalf, as well as regularly posting fresh content to build value for the community. We have dozens of happy clients including Moju (featured on the App Store homepage by Apple), ViralGains (MassChallenge Diamond winner in 2013), as well as TV celebrities, Kickstarters, musicians, e-commerce companies, and great non-profits.
2011
Co-founder
2011
Co-founder and President of SocMetrics, the leading influencer identification and engagement tool for agencies and brands to win more new business, create proposals and marketing campaigns more efficiently, and monitor competitive standing in key segments by engaging industry-specific influencers in social media. Leading agencies like Digitas, Edelman, Shift and Ogilvy have benefited from our unique Topical Influencer capabilities. TrueLens is the first solution for marketers that creates a living, breathing customer record by bringing social insights linked to the CRM database. We help loyalty marketers by enriching their data with interest, intent, influence and brand affinity data that can be leveraged for Segmentation, Retention, Upsell and Acquisition. TrueLens is a division of SocMetrics.
2010 - 2014
Mentor
2010 - 2014
I'm a Boston-based mentor for Dave McClure's awesome 500 Startups fund.
2010 - 2011
Advisor
2010 - 2011
I've been a TechStars mentor and advisor, helping recruit and select companies and mentors and provide feedback I hear from the entrepreneurs on what works and what could be improved in the program.
2009 - 2011
Director of Business Planning
2009 - 2011
AOL acquired Going, the company I co-founded, in June '09. I managed the team, integration, product development including our new iPhone application, and all areas of the business.
2006 - 2011
Founder and EVP
2006 - 2011
Board of Directors member, head of product development & strategy managing product management, editorial, engineering, online marketing and other areas. Managed team of 15 full-time and 40+ part-time including product managers, developers, designers, editors, client services, online marketing as we grew Going to 1M Unique Visitors and 15M Page Views per month with substantial revenue across national brand campaigns (JetBlue, Virgin, Bacardi, Miller) and event ticket sales.
2010 - 2010
Advisor & Judge
2010 - 2010
Advisor to companies including JoyTunes, peerTransfer, MeetImpact, NodeRabbit, and judge for awards competition.
2010 - 2010
Mentor & session presenter
2010 - 2010
Mentor to companies including ThinqTeq, and presenter on Co-founders & Team-building session.
2010 - 2010
Mentor & panelist at ASTIA
2010 - 2010
Mentor to several program startups and panelist on fundraising.