Where does Ash Rust work?

Ash Rust is Founder of SendHub and Managing Partner at Sterling Road.

What check size does Ash Rust write?

Ash Rust typically writes checks of $150K.

What companies did Ash Rust found?

Ash Rust founded SendHub, Sterling Road.

Where did Ash Rust go to school?

Ash Rust studied at Y Combinator; University of Oxford (Dual MSc, Computer Science); Durham University (BSc, Artificial Intelligence).

Ash Rust

InvestorFounder

Managing Partner at Sterling Road · Founder at SendHub

San Francisco, California

Writes $150K checks · typically $150K

FoundedSendHub · YC Sterling Road

Find your path to Ash

553 people in our graph share verified history with Ash — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Bertie AykroydunlockedAsh: together at Durham University (2003–2005)

×6Ash: together at University of Oxford

×3Ash: together at Trinity Ventures

×2Ash: together at Y Combinator

About

Ash Rust is a founder-turned-first-check investor and Managing Partner of Sterling Road, focused on helping founders at the earliest stages; his investments include Serve Robotics, Hydra Host, and Starcloud. He previously co-founded and led SendHub, worked at Klout and OneRiot, advised Bullpen Capital, and was an EIR at Trinity Ventures, with a Masters in Computer Science from Oxford.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

a•••@sterlingroad.comreveal

Founder at SendHub YC W12

Intro paths

Ash went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ash can intro founders to SendHub's investors below.

SendHub's investors · 8

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2012 Bullpen CapitalSan Francisco · $2M – $4M checks FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks Hinge CapitalHaddonfield · $500K – $1M checks Kapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checks Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks Social LeverageScottsdale · $1M – $2M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at SendHub

Garrett Johnson

John Fallone

Managing Partner at Sterling Road

Intro paths

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In turn, Ash can intro founders to Sterling Road's investors below.

Sterling Road's investors · 1

Farvatn VentureBergen

Experience

Sterling RoadManaging Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Bullpen CapitalAdvisor2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
Trinity VenturesEIR2016 — 2017
SendHubCofounder & CEO2011 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
Klout (Acquired by Lithium)Product, Director of Ranking2010 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
OneRiot (Acquired by Walmart)Lead Relevance Engineer2009 — 2010
CuilEngineer2008 — 2009
BeforeDawnFounder & Managing Director2003 — 2008
British Army2nd Lieutenant, Troop Commander2001 — 2002

Skills & more

Python57Staying Low, Moving Fast10Data Extraction6Text Mining4Algorithms20User Experience8Analysis3MySQL14Data Mining50Entrepreneurship69Machine Learning13Linux9

+5 more

JavaScriptHTMLHadoopProject ManagementSQL

From Ash's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

Amper TechnologiesArdiusAsterBreinifyEmpower Sleep Groundfloor KytePuzzle FinancialZalos

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Sterling Road

Ashley Rust

General Partner at Sterling Road

Ben Chelf

General Partner at Sterling Road

Gus Tai

Partner at Sterling Road

Ho Nam

Managing Director at Sterling Road

Kat Mañalac

Partner at Sterling Road

Laura Sydell JD

Journalist & Writer at Sterling Road

Noel Fenton

Founding General Partner at Sterling Road

Rachel Gillum

Head of Policy at Sterling Road

Network8

Harry StebbingsScout

Founder & General Partner at 20VC

James J BesharaScout

Founder at James Beshara Fund

Mandeep SinghScout

Scout at Andreessen Horowitz

Anna Barber

Partner at M13

Brian Dixon

Managing Partner at Kapor Capital

Monique Woodard

Founder and Managing Director at Cake Ventures

Ooshma Garg

Co-Founder & CEO, Gobble at xfactor ventures

Rodney Appiah

Managing Partner at Cornerstone VC

Investors connected to Ash in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ash Rust?: Ash Rust is a founder-turned-first-check investor and Managing Partner of Sterling Road, focused on helping founders at the earliest stages; his investments include Serve Robotics, Hydra Host, and Starcloud. He previously co-founded and led SendHub, worked at Klout and OneRiot, advised Bullpen Capital, and was an EIR at Trinity Ventures, with a Masters in Computer Science from Oxford.
Where does Ash Rust work?: Ash Rust is Founder of SendHub and Managing Partner at Sterling Road.
What check size does Ash Rust write?: Ash Rust typically writes checks of $150K.
What companies did Ash Rust found?: Ash Rust founded SendHub, Sterling Road.
What companies has Ash Rust invested in?: Investments tracked here include Amper Technologies, Ardius, Aster, Breinify, Empower Sleep, Groundfloor, Kyte, Puzzle Financial, Zalos.
Where did Ash Rust go to school?: Ash Rust studied at Y Combinator; University of Oxford (Dual MSc, Computer Science); Durham University (BSc, Artificial Intelligence).