Adeo Ressi

CEO

Los Altos, California, United States32 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Launched 14 venture capital funds before 30.
Chairman of a global pre-seed accelerator.
Invented the SAFE note for startup funding.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist and Startup Accelerator expert with a focus on innovation and social impact.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalLeadershipStartup AccelerationEntrepreneurshipInnovationSoftware DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentMedia Strategy

Other Skills

FundingSpace ExplorationE-commerceMarketingValuationOnline AdvertisingStrategic PlanningLicensingStrategic PartnershipsTechnology ManagementSaaSMobile ApplicationsDigital MediaEmerging TechnologiesNonprofits

About

Adeo Ressi is CEO of Decile Group, powering the next generation of venture capital firms worldwide with an integrated offering of training, tools, support, and funding. Decile Group is the parent of the VC Lab venture capital accelerator, which helped to launch over 50% of all new manager firms in the last couple of years. Adeo is also Chairman at the Founder Institute, a pre-seed accelerator with chapters in over 250 cities worldwide and over 8,000 portfolio companies. Adeo is working on innovation for good, which includes transforming venture capital into a force for good in the world. The Founder Institute aims for 80% of the portfolio companies to work on 'For Progress' businesses that address one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (https://FI.co/progress). VC Lab asks every venture firm that it works with to publicly support the Mensarius Oath, an ethical code of conduct for investment professionals (https://GoVCLab.com/mensarius). Adeo has personally launched 14 venture capital funds and founded 11 startups, having nearly $2 billion in exits before the age of 30. He also created the SAFE note, called Convertible Equity, which he gave to Y Combinator. Adeo previously served on the Board of the X Prize foundation to pursue his interests in space exploration. He studied architecture and spent time living on a commune to explore his interests in designing better ways to live. Adeo is passionate about inspiring people to achieve their potential.

Experience

32 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

7 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

19 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Founder institute

2 roles

Chairman

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

LeadershipStartup Acceleration

CEO

Apr 2009 – Sep 2021 · 12 yrs 5 mos

The Founder Institute is the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator, with chapters across 250+ cities and Graduates that have built companies exceeding $30B in estimated value. We provide high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, we have helped over 8,000 Graduates raise over $2 B in funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.
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Learn more About Founder Institute Graduates - https://fi.co/companies
Become a Founder Institute Mentor - https://fi.co/mentor
Lead a Founder Institute Chapter - https://fi.co/lead
General FAQ - https://fi.co/faq

Startup AccelerationFundingEntrepreneurship

Decile group

CEO

Apr 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Palo Alto, California, United States

Venture CapitalLeadership

Thefunded.com

The Founding Member

Mar 2007 – Present · 19 yrs 2 mos

TheFunded.com is a private membership community of 20,000 CEOs of fast growth technology companies worldwide. Member CEOs research, rate and review venture capital funding sources under the protection of subpoena-proof anonymity. Members also discuss sensitive issues of building and scaling their business. Over 500 venture firms have built Certified Profiles, creating a transparent marketplace for venture fundraising.

Game trust

CEO

Feb 2002 – Oct 2007 · 5 yrs 8 mos

Game Trust developed the leading enterprise software platform to power community and ecommerce applications in online casual games. As CEO, Mr. Ressi secured $15 MM in venture capital and acquired two companies to build Game Trust, which forged relationships with over 25 game development partners authoring content for the platform and over 30 platform licensees, including large annual licenses with Viacom and AOL. The company was sold to Real Networks in 2007.

Venture CapitalSpace ExplorationInnovation

Xprize

Board Member

Aug 2001 – Jan 2010 · 8 yrs 5 mos

The X PRIZE foundation inspires dramatic social change through competition. The original $10 MM Ansari X PRIZE was awarded to Paul Allen and Burt Rutan for building a lightweight sub-orbital space craft capable of carrying three passengers into space twice in two weeks. The foundation is currently pursuing additional space prizes, a $10 MM prize in genomics, and various sustainability prizes. Mr. Ressi has served on the Compensation and Recruiting Committee, as well as holding the Chairman position for the Strategic Planning Committee.

Sophos partners

Founding Partner

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs

Mr. Ressi founded Sophos Partners in 2000, a venture consulting and turnaround firm with partners in New York, Boston, Sao Paulo, and Tokyo. At Sophos, Mr. Ressi forged relationships with a dozen venture capitalists to assist with corporate growth and turnaround opportunities, and he acted as interim CEO of EBusiness.com, an idealab company.

Venture CapitalE-commerceSoftware Development

Xceed, inc.

Chief Strategic Officer

Jan 2000 – Jan 2000 · 0 mo

Mr. Ressi was Chief Strategy Officer of Xceed in 2000, the NASDAQ-listed web architecture and design firm with over 1,000 employees worldwide. At Xceed, he oversaw the filing of a secondary stock offering, organized complimentary service offerings across 13 offices worldwide, and developed the first intra-company financial projections. During his tenure, the company achieved a $1 billion public valuation.

Methodfive

Founder, CEO, Chairman

Jan 1995 – Jan 2000 · 5 yrs

Mr. Ressi founded methodfive in 1995, a strategic web development firm focused exclusively on the media and entertainment industry. methodfive developed strategies and systems for global media companies including The New York Times, The BBC, NewsCorp, The Economist, Scripps and Fox Networks. As CEO, he secured a $2 million investment from PricewaterhouseCoopers and grew the company to 250 employees worldwide, selling the company to Xceed for $88 million in 2000.

Web DevelopmentMedia Strategy

Total new york / aol digital cities

Founder and President

Jan 1994 – Jan 1995 · 1 yr

Mr. Ressi was a founder of Total New York in 1994, one of the first advertiser-supported web media and entertainment properties. Total New York preceded the existence of the World Wide Web. The property was later sold to AOL and Tribune Media, becoming AOL Digital Cities.