Raanan Bar-cohen
Founder of Resolute Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2014 - Current
Resolute Ventures is a national venture capital firm that leads pre-seed and seed-stage financings. Our portfolio includes ActiveFence, AppZen, Bark & Company, Clutter, Greenhouse, Hello Heart, Opendoor, Signifyd, and Vercel. Our Mission is to build a community of Resolute Founders who: share a certain entrepreneurial spirit and energy; are driven by a need to work on things that matter; are unafraid to dream big; are founders whom we think have a better chance than most to actually achieve those dreams; and who believe being connected to a group of like-minded founders will help them succeed.
Resolute Ventures is a U.S.-based venture capital firm focused on investments in seed-stage companies.
Advisor
2011 - 2018
SigFig is financial services firm that dedicates in making high-quality investment advice to investors of all wealth levels.
Raised $119,500,000.00 from New York Life Insurance, Eaton Vance Management, UBS, Nyca Partners, Union Square Ventures, DCM Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and General Atlantic.
Advisor
2014 - 2016
Senior Vice President, Commercial Services
2013 - 2014
Ran corp dev and partnerships.
VP Media Services
2007 - 2013
Automattic is a global tech company that offers WordPress, WooCommerce, and other web solutions.
Raised $985,900,000.00 from Avant Global, BlackRock, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, Aglaé Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, ICONIQ Capital, Wellington Partners and Alta Park Capital.
Advisor
2014 - 2016
The Wirecutter is "a list of the best technology to buy as determined by dozens of hours of research and testing": http://thewirecutter.com/
Advisor
2012 - 2014
True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Advisor
2011 - 2013
Wish is an e-commerce shopping app, putting a digital shopping mall of affordable goods directly in the pockets of consumers worldwide.
Director, Product Strategy
2006 - 2007
Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Director of Business Technology
2002 - 2006
Technology Strategy Consultant
2002 - 2002
Strategic technology consulting, including web development, technology platforms, and new media business models.
CEO & Co-Founder
1995 - 2002
Assembled top industry programmers, marketers, and graphic designers to form a company offering a single source for complete web solutions from concept to implementation. Clients included top Wall St firms and major publishing companies.
Education
Post Secondary
1991 - 1993