Investing Profile

Brian Rumao

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Managing Director at Next Play Ventures
brianrumao.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Current Investing Position
Next Play Ventures Managing Director
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
3

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Brian Rumao's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
The Browser Company
Series AMay 2021$13M
$18M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Evan Williams (Obvious Ventures), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Scott Belsky (A24), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Akshay Kothari, Shane Curran, Fidji Simo, Mike Krieger, Dylan Field
Trala
SeedAug 2020$4M
$13M
Co-investors: Cristina Apple Georgoulakis (Seven Seven Six), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Bob Meese
Truework
Series BMay 2020$30M
$98M
Co-investors: Jack Groetzinger (Founder Collective), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), David Thacker (Greylock), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Steve Sloane (Menlo Ventures), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Susan Hobbs (Cloudflare, Inc.), Dana Lorch (Company Capital), Justin Ziebell (Indeed.com), Eduardo Vivas (Curated), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Vipul Ved Prakash (Together AI), Steven Sarracino (Activant Capital), Greg Arrese (The Venture Collective (TVC)), Jonathan Ebinger (BlueRun Ventures), Spencer McLeod (GSV Asset Management), Sujay Tyle (Balderton Capital), William Hockey, Rob Theis, Kintan Brahmbhatt

Brian Rumao's Experience

Managing Director Next Play Ventures2020 - Present
LP Concrete Rose Capital2019 - Present
Angel Investor Various Companies2018 - Present
LP Westbound Equity PartnersPresent
Operations Analyst Dell TechnologiesPresent
Advisor Westbound Equity PartnersPresent
Production Supervisor GMPresent
Fellow ODF (On Deck Fellowship)Present
VP, Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman LinkedIn2020 - 2022
Member, Board of Directors Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula2014 - 2022
Fellow On Deck2021 - 2022
VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO LinkedIn2014 - 2020
First Mover Fellow The Aspen Institute2018 - 2019
Author, LinkedIn Learning LinkedIn2018 - 2019
Manager, Business Operations LinkedIn2012 - 2014
Consultant McKinsey & Company2010 - 2012
Operations Consultant Gunung Sewu Group2009 - 2009
Operations Analyst Dell2008 - 2008
Production Supervisor General Motors2005 - 2007

Brian Rumao's Education

University of Michigan MSE Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan BSE Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mathematics