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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

  • Kauffman Fellow - Class 24

    2019

  • 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

  • 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.

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