RR

Riley Rodgers

Principal at Valia Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

VV

Valia Ventures

  • Principal

    2017 - Current

    Valia Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in NY and SF.

Various

  • Startup Mentor / Advisor

    2013

    Startup Mentor / Advisor across various programs including: - MassChallenge – Mentor & Judge - MIT Enterprise Forum - Unreasonable Lab Boston - Takachar – MIT / Tata Center Spinout - SCORE Boston + SCORE NH - Techstars – Various Programs - MIT Climate & Energy Prize - Founders Embassy - The Capital Network - Advisory Board - TiE Boston - Alchemist Accelerator - Vencapital Mentor - GoingVC Mentor - EVCA Board Member + Bay Area Leadership

AI

Arctaris Impact Investors

  • Associate

    2013 - 2016

Crash Alert

  • Founder

    2012 - 2015

    Founder of a mobile app designed to detect and report car accidents.

MacMillan Independents Group

  • Owner and Co-President

    2009 - 2010

    MacMillan Independents Group is a small Lawn & Garden Distribution Company servicing all of New England.

Education

Investments

Shield Bio

Series A

Total Funding: $12M

Latest Articles

Medium•Jun. 2022

Why We Invested: Vibrant Planet

Talks about Climate, Venture Capital and Startup

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