Rene Reinsberg

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

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.

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)

Consultant

2009 - 2009

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

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)

Fellow Intern

2004 - 2004