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Rene Reinsberg
President at Celo Foundation
United States
Overview
Rene Reinsberg is currently the President of the Celo Foundation and a Partner at cLabs, where he is actively involved in working on Celo. With a diverse background that includes roles such as CEO and Co-Founder of Locu (acquired by GoDaddy) and GM Get Found & VP, Emerging Products at GoDaddy, Reinsberg has demonstrated expertise in entrepreneurship, business development, and product management.
Reinsberg's career highlights include serving as the CEO and Co-Founder of Locu, which was later acquired by GoDaddy, and his current role leading the Celo Foundation as President, showcasing his success in building and scaling innovative tech companies.
Work Experience
President
2020 - Current
Celo Foundation develops mobile-first blockchain platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.
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
General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.
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).
GoDaddy is an internet domain registrar and web hosting company facilitating online businesses.
Raised $2,263,000,000.00 from Starboard Value.
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.
Locus mission is to help local businesses thrive.
Raised $4,600,000.00 from Lowercase Capital, General Catalyst, Quotidian Ventures, Venture Hacks, DCVC, Lightbank, Naval Ravikant and SV Angel.
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.
The World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
Raised $81,000,000.00 from Northern Trust, QBE Insurance Group, NSW Treasury Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, SAFA, Aware Super and Treasury Corporation of Victoria.
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)
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Fellow Intern
2004 - 2004
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity