Riley Rodgers (@riley_s_rodgers) 's Twitter Profile
Riley Rodgers

@riley_s_rodgers

@ValiaVentures, Mentor @Masschallenge, @SCORE. Investing and supporting entrepreneurs.

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There is a popular trope that venture investing is all about being contrarian. Every VC *wants* to be contrarian, but few truly are. There are longstanding structural & rational reasons why it's so hard to be. VC is an industry with immensely long feedback cycles (7+ years). But

MIT Sloan Management Review (@mitsmr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Innovators working on urgent problems need funders who understand deep-tech opportunities and take a long-term view. mitsmr.com/483ssaq

EVCA (@joinevca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/3 Announcing this year's EVC List—highlighting a cohort of the top 25 rising stars in venture capital! evclist.com/finalists-year…

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Announcing this year's EVC List—highlighting a cohort of the top 25 rising stars in venture capital!

evclist.com/finalists-year…
Riley Rodgers (@riley_s_rodgers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to the full team on shipping, big milestone after five years of work. It's an ambitious vision for a Gen 1 product and this team will keep making it better!

Better Ventures (@betterventures) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We kicked off SF Climate Week and celebrated Earth Day with an amazing founder-investor speed networking event. Thanks to investors from @UrbanInnoFund Superorganism Valia Ventures for co-hosting & Cooley LLP for the beautiful venue.

We kicked off <a href="/SFClimateWeek/">SF Climate Week</a> and celebrated Earth Day with an amazing founder-investor speed networking event. 

Thanks to investors from @UrbanInnoFund <a href="/superorganismvc/">Superorganism</a> <a href="/ValiaVentures/">Valia Ventures</a> for co-hosting &amp; <a href="/CooleyLLP/">Cooley LLP</a> for the beautiful venue.
Riley Rodgers (@riley_s_rodgers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amazing conference hosted by Stripe that also showcased a big list of new product releases. Highlight of the day had to be Patrick Collison and Jensen Huang with a wide ranging conference to wrap up the day. Great work by the team at Stripe putting this together.

Pirate Wires (@piratewires) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Much like the e-commerce space 20 years ago, or the recent crypto boom, artificial intelligence is at the center of a hype cycle in venture capital today. But the truth is, a hype cycle only exists after the winning company in that space has already succeeded. Take Anduril Industries

Much like the e-commerce space 20 years ago, or the recent crypto boom, artificial intelligence is at the center of a hype cycle in venture capital today. But the truth is, a hype cycle only exists after the winning company in that space has already succeeded. 

Take <a href="/anduriltech/">Anduril Industries</a>
Riley Rodgers (@riley_s_rodgers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big shoutout to the full team who pulled off the #Reindustrialize conference in Detroit over the past two days. The focus was on convening the brightest and most motivated minds at the intersection of technology and manufacturing - mission accomplished! youtube.com/watch?v=LFBCN4…

EVCA (@joinevca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💡 Excited to feature Riley Rodgers of Valia Ventures in our EVCA Leadership Spotlight Series! Riley shares his journey as an early-stage investor, highlighting the importance of mentorship and continuous growth. Full interview 👇 evca.org/blog/leadershi…

Nat Friedman (@natfriedman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We did it! We tested 300 Bay Area foods for plastic chemicals. We found some interesting surprises. Top 5 findings in our test results: 1. Our tests found plastic chemicals in 86% of all foods, with phthalates in 73% of the tested products and bisphenols in 22%. It's

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I'm excited to announce a $19m seed round led by Riot Ventures, Initialized, and AlleyCorp, with participation from amazing new parters such as Steel Atlas, Day One Ventures, Stifel Bank, Naval, Balaji, and Charlie Songhurst. We've also completed two important milestones:

I'm excited to announce a $19m seed round led by Riot Ventures, Initialized, and AlleyCorp, with participation from amazing new parters such as Steel Atlas, Day One Ventures, Stifel Bank, <a href="/naval/">Naval</a>, <a href="/balajis/">Balaji</a>, and Charlie Songhurst.

We've also completed two important milestones: