Roger Dickey

Investor & Advisor

2010 - Current

Seed investor via my fund Untitled Capital.

Co-Founder

2019 - 2023

Made Renovation is the modern solution to home renovation. We combine design, materials, and construction using our technology to provide homeowners with a seamless renovation that finishes on-time and on-budget. Based in San Francisco, our growing team is obsessed with helping customers elevate their homes.

Board Director

2013 - 2020

Co-Founder & CEO

2013 - 2018

Gigster aims to power the world’s engineering. Today, we provide our customers with on-demand access to expert teams for new technology software development. We optimize how that work is delivered using an independent talent network combined with smart orchestration software. As technologies like AI begin to change business, we help our customers use these powerful levers to succeed. Gigster was founded in 2014. Customers include McDonald's, Nike, Coca Cola, Google, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Harley Davidson, Mastercard, US Bank, and Ebay. Gigster has raised $32.5M from Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Greylock, and Bloomberg among others, and has been covered in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Fortune, and Inc. My departure letter - https://medium.com/@rogerdickey/so-long-gigster-337900224298 Learn more about Gigster - https://gigster.com Join Gigster - https://gigster.com/join-us Partner with Gigster - partnerships@gigster.com

Founder

2019 - 2019

Untitled Labs is a consumer application search lab. We will test several ideas in areas like social networking, travel, and premium services, then build an enduring company around the winner  -  a product that improves life for millions of consumers. We are hiring pioneers and heroes with talents spanning product, design, and engineering. If this describes you, let's talk! Read the announcement here: https://blog.usejournal.com/announcing-untitled-labs-cef88108a564 Jobs: roger@untitled-labs.com

Advisor

2013 - 2015

Co-Founder

2011 - 2012

San Francisco based micro-VC & "idea lab" seeking $1B+ ideas. Invested in 10+ start-ups, some of them detailed here: http://angel.co/rogerdickey Worked with domain experts to design 50 businesses in 15 verticals: SMB, Fashion, Social networking, Local services, Gift-giving, Handset insurance, Groceries, Consumer data, Education, Travel, Legal, Weddings, Dating, Pets, Health & wellness. Shipped 2 products: a social net for self-improvement enthusiasts (superhumangoals.com), & a Pinterest meets Craigslist (pinslist.com).

Mafia Wars Founder & GM

2008 - 2011

Mafia Wars founder & first GM. $400M+ annual revenue, 100M users, pioneered crime gaming genre on Facebook. FishVille founder & GM. 40M users, 40 person team. Also founded or managed: Pirates Rule the Caribbean, Heroes & Villains, Space Wars, Football Wars, Special Forces, Dragon Wars, Prison Lockdown, Street Racing. 10M+ users across games. Directed Zynga Beijing new games group, 70+ headcount. International product team advisor: India, Japan. Filed 6 patents, see below.

Co-Founder & CTO

2007 - 2008

Launched 19 apps in 2007, ~5 days development time each. Largest app Dopewars had 300M monthly pageviews, $2M+/yr profit. Sold to Zynga in early 2008.

Software Engineer

2005 - 2007

Worked on the LabVIEW FPGA compiler team. Ported simple versions of Dance Dance Revolution & Wolfenstein 3D to FPGA/VHDL using a hand-built graphics card. Founding member of prototyping team re-imagining LabVIEW's UI look & feel. Filed this patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US20090089715

Co-Founder

2007 - 2007

Airbnb for tutoring. My first startup, if you could call it that. Team of 3 built product & strategy for a local marketplace, starting in Austin, TX.