Rex Woodbury
Managing Partner at Daybreak
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Partner
2023 - Current
Daybreak is a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm. We build & invest in internet, software, and technology-enabled businesses. Our belief is that the companies that define the next generation will be the companies that make life better *for* the next generation. www.daybreakventures.com
Writing
2020
Weekly writing about how technology and people intersect, for a community of 60,000 readers
Investor
2022
Flagship is building the infrastructure for creator commerce, allowing creators and tastemakers to curate their own online boutiques. Brands get in front of new customers, and creators earn a share of every product sold.
Investor
2024
Honeydew is a marketplace for anyone to get treatment for chronic skin conditions like acne, eczema, and psoriasis.
Investor
2022
Persona is building identity infrastructure for the digital economy, helping businesses collect, verify, and manage user identities throughout a customer lifecycle.
Persona is an identity platform that helps businesses verify customer identities.
Raised $217,518,750.00 from Coatue, Index Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Founders Fund and Bond.
Investor
2024
Helium uses AI to automatically test, personalize, and improve app conversions, all with a single line of code.
Helium creates self-improving software that tests key user moments to increase revenue.
Raised $500,000.00 from Y Combinator.
Investor
2023
Marble Health is combatting the teen mental health crisis by broadening access to care with online therapy for teens.
Investor
2024
ARI (which stands for "Automated Retail Intelligence") is pioneering a new form of shopping: conversational commerce, where shoppers can discover products and check out across brands, all by chatting with an AI.
We make e-commerce personal.
Investor
2023
Nourish is a marketplace that connects anyone with a registered dietitian for telehealth, and gets it covered by insurance.
Nourish connects people with a Registered Dietitian via telehealth and gets it covered by their health insurance.
Raised $43,125,000.00 from Maverick Ventures, Y Combinator, TCV, Index Ventures, Alex Morgan, Thrive Capital and BoxGroup.
Investor
2023
AfterHour is a social community for retail investing, building the Bloomberg for Gen Z.
Your stock market super app where traders put their money where their mouth is. Verified positions from real trades.
Raised $4,500,000.00 from Hyphen Capital, Alumni Ventures, Gold House Ventures, General Catalyst, Trousdale Ventures, Gaingels, Daybreak ventures, Anti Fund, Pear VC and Roadrunner Ventures.