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Terrence Rohan
Seed Investor
San Francisco, California
Overview
Terrence Rohan is a Seed Investor based in San Francisco, California, with a focus on investing in various sectors such as Generative Tech/AI, BioTech, and Web3/Crypto. He has held positions such as Managing Director at Otherwise Fund and has made notable investments in companies like Figma, Notion, and Hugging Face, showcasing a successful track record in supporting and guiding startups through their growth stages.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2017 - Current
Otherwise discretely empowers a network of today's top founders to invest in startups, from seed to growth. My role, (a) Support our network of founders to make investments and run all fund operations. (b) Invest in companies I love, from Seed to Growth. Our purpose is give founders more power. www.otherwisefund.com
Startup Helper (Investor, Advisor, Board Member, SPVs, etc)
2010
Investor, Advisor, Board Member to some amazing founders, including, Agency, Artie, Ashby, Axilla, Bank Mercury, BaseDash, Bison Trails (COIN), Bend, Braid, Broadcast, Campsite, Carrot, Circle, Codi, Commsor, CV, Daylight Computer, Dexa AI, Earth, Figma, Fractional, Front, Granola AI, Hugging Face, Julias AI, Index, Impossible Machine, ISO, Justworks, Kick, Leya, Lever, Lindy, Loom, Mainstreet, Magical, Milo, Narrative, Notion, OnceUpon, Pace, Pachama, Patreon, Plover, Pool, Playbit, Power, Robinhood, Runway, Runloop, San Francisco Compute Company, Spritz Finance, The Browser Company, The Third Place, Vanta, Visual Electric, Voice Panel, Vouch, Warp, WithCo, WorkOS, etc. SPV builder to some special companies, including, Coinbase, Figma, Front, Loom, OpenSea, Patreon, Rippling, Robinhood, The Browser Company, Vanta, Warp, etc
Board Director (Seed) and Investor (Growth)
2013
Design, together. Board Director '13-'15 at Seed. Figma's first Board Director. Board Observer '15-'17 at Series A. Growth Investor '18 on.
Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform.
Raised $748,624,736.00 from Thrive Capital, XN, Andreessen Horowitz, Alkeon Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Goanna Capital, Eddy Cue, Sequoia Capital and SurgoCap.
Investor (Seed)
2013
Write, document & plan, together. Seed Investor.
Notion is a workspace platform that offers note-taking, collaboration, task management, wikis, and databases.
Raised $343,199,697.00 from Coatue, Shine Capital and Sequoia Capital.
Investor (Seed)
2017
Build an open future of AI. Seed investor.
Hugging Face allows users to build, train, and deploy art models using the reference open source in machine learning.
Raised $395,200,000.00 from Bossa Invest, PremjiInvest, Firestreak Ventures, Google, AMD, Sound Ventures, NVIDIA, Intel, IBM and Salesforce Ventures.
Investor (Seed, Growth)
2017
Secure the Internet. Seed + Growth Investor.
Vanta is a trust management platform that automates compliance and risk management.
Raised $353,000,000.00 from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, HubSpot Ventures, Workday Ventures, JP Morgan Chase, Craft Ventures, CrowdStrike and Atlassian Ventures.
Investor (Seed, Growth)
2014
Share your inbox. Seed + Growth Investor.
Front is a communication hub for building strong customer relationships on digital channels.
Raised $203,600,000.00 from boldstart ventures, Battery Ventures, Threshold, Jennifer Tejada, Vine Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Uncork Capital.
Investor (Series A, Growth)
2014
Be a patron of the arts. Series A + Growth Investor.
The first open source 3D Metal Printer
Investor (Seed, Growth)
2013
Democratize investing. Seed (deal team) + Growth Investor.
Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.
Raised $6,234,466,886.00 from Emergent Fidelity Technologies.
Board Observer (Seed to Series B)
2013 - 2017
Payroll & benefits for all. Board Observer, Seed to Series B.
Justworks makes it easier to start, run, and grow a business.
Raised $159,837,671.00 from Union Square Ventures, Redpoint, Spark Capital, Latitude, FirstMark, Thrive Capital, Index Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures.