Jon Rezneck
Managing Director at The Roos Group
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner and Head of Investment Team
2015 - Current
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
Geodesic Capital is a venture capital firm that provides mid and late stage funding to technology companies.
Kauffman Fellow - Class 24
2019
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
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
Greenhill & Co is an investment bank providing financial advices.
Raised $20,000,000.00.
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.