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Adam Hammer

Investor

Co-Founder and CEO of Roadrunner Venture Studios; General Partner at Roadrunner Fund at Roadrunner Ventures

United States

Writes $1M checks

About

Adam Hammer is Co-Founder and CEO of Roadrunner Venture Studios and a General Partner at Roadrunner Fund, where he builds and invests in early-stage frontier technology companies in advanced manufacturing, energy, and next-generation compute. He previously served as Managing Director and Head of Strategy at Schmidt Futures, was COO of the post-quantum encryption company Qrypt, and earlier advised energy and industrial companies at Goldman Sachs. He holds degrees from Wake Forest University and Yale University and serves as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

Invests in

Advanced ManufacturingBiotechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareNew MaterialsQuantum Computing

Experience

  1. Roadrunner Venture StudiosCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2023 — present
  2. Roadrunner CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — present
  3. Atlantic CouncilNon-Resident Fellowcurrent2024 — present
  4. Software in Defense CoalitionMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2023 — present
  5. America’s Frontier FundSenior Advisor2023 — 2024
  6. Schmidt FuturesExecutive Counselor2022 — 2024
  7. Schmidt FuturesManaging Director & Head of Strategy2019 — 2022
  8. QryptChief Operating Officer2022 — 2023
  9. Goldman SachsStructured Finance2015 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. World Bank & IMF (Richter Fellow)Fellow2013 — 2014

Education

  1. Yale UniversityMaster's degree
  2. Wake Forest UniversityBachelor's degree

Colleagues at Roadrunner Ventures

Chase Kimball
Advisor, Quantum at Roadrunner Ventures
Chris Haugh
Director, Platform at Roadrunner Ventures
Dan Hooks
Advisor at Roadrunner Ventures
Dan Lee
Founder, Perseus Materials at Roadrunner Ventures
Darren Hau
Co-founder & CEO, Halo Materials at Roadrunner Ventures
Dr. Luis Chavez
Principal Engineer at Roadrunner Ventures
Dr. Olaf Conrad
Co-Founder & CTO, Halo Materials at Roadrunner Ventures
Gilman Louie
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners

Frequently asked questions

Where does Adam Hammer work?
Adam Hammer is Co-Founder and CEO of Roadrunner Venture Studios; General Partner at Roadrunner Fund at Roadrunner Ventures.
What does Adam Hammer invest in?
Adam Hammer invests in Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, New Materials, Quantum Computing.
What check size does Adam Hammer write?
Adam Hammer typically writes checks of $1M.

Same school

Also attended Yale University619

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Also attended Wake Forest University66

Andrew McGuirkVenture Fellow at Moneta VenturesEliza CushmanPartner at Congruent VenturesBrett BrohlManaging Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, LlcMariusz AdamskiGeneral Partner at Ff Venture CapitalGregory BillingtonResearch at Transform Capital ManagementJulia de PetraTalent at Audacious

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Shared employers

Also worked at Roadrunner Capital1

Mike MettlerGeneral Partner at Roadrunner Ventures

Also worked at Atlantic Council16

Alphaeus HansonLP Relations at Transform Capital ManagementFrances TownsendSenior Advisor at Audere CapitalNibras BasitkeyVenture Fellow at Audere CapitalArun IyerInvestor at Green FlagRainer SternfeldGeneral Partner at NordicNinjaCarole N. HouseFormer White House National Security Council Special Advisor; Former Chair, CFTC Technology Advisory Committee at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

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Also worked at Schmidt Futures22

Will ZengPartner at QuantonationIlana WisbyEntrepreneur in Residence at Cambridge Innovation CapitalKelvin DegbotseCommercial Lead at Founders FactoryAaron SistoPartner at First Spark Ventures, LlcElana BerkowitzManaging Partner at SpringbankJordan BlashekCo-Founder and Managing Partner at America's Frontier Fund

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,435

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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