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Kevin Novak

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Founder at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp · Managing Partner at Rackhouse Venture Capital · Board director at Tamber

San Francisco, California, United States

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About

Founder of Rackhouse VC and a serial entrepreneur, data scientist, and investor. He was Uber's first Head of Data Science, invented Uber's dynamic pricing product, and served as Chief Data Officer at Tala Financial; he has invested in companies including Standard Cognition and Volley Automation.

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Board director at Tamber

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GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2024M13New York · $4M – $7M checks · since 2024Rackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checks · since 2024

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Zoe WrennFounder

Experience

  1. Rackhouse Venture CapitalGeneral Partner & Foundercurrent2021 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. VariousAdvisorcurrent2018 — present
  3. Data CollectiveEquity Partner2017 — 2020
  4. Jigsaw Venture CapitalAngel Investor2014 — 2020
  5. Renegade PartnersCTO2019 — 2020
  6. Costanoa VenturesEIR2019
  7. TalaChief Data Officer2017 — 2018Santa Monica, California
  8. Playground GlobalEntrepreneur In Residence2017
  9. Uber FreightHead of Data & Engineering, Pricing & Operations Tooling2017
  10. UberHead of Data Science Platform2015 — 2017
  11. UberHead of Data Science2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  12. UberData Scientist2011 — 2014San Francisco, CA
  13. Michigan State UniversityTeaching Assistant/Researcher2008 — 2011

Skills & more

Data Science21Software Development6Software Engineering4Physics30Statistics54Applied Physics4Applied Mathematics3Nuclear Physics3Start-ups14Start-up Environment3Data Mining12Data Modeling3
+12 moreStatistical ModelingData AnalysisStatistical Data AnalysisMachine LearningGeophysical Data ProcessingGeophysicsResearchAlgorithmsPythonC++FortranLaTeX

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Investments

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ArvistFishtailNana AcademyPreludeSauceStandard AISyrup TechTruckMapUnstruk Data

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Colleagues at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp

Brendan Baker
Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Claire Park
Community Manager at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
David Gorcey
Venture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Emily Kramer
Venture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Hal Tily
Venture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Jan Crisostomo
Operating Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Jiaona Zhang
Venture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Toni Alejandria
Events + Community at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp

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David Wolfson
Partner at Tectonic Capital

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Who is Kevin Novak?
Founder of Rackhouse VC and a serial entrepreneur, data scientist, and investor. He was Uber's first Head of Data Science, invented Uber's dynamic pricing product, and served as Chief Data Officer at Tala Financial; he has invested in companies including Standard Cognition and Volley Automation.
Where does Kevin Novak work?
Kevin Novak is Founder at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp and Board director at Tamber.
What companies has Kevin Novak invested in?
Investments tracked here include Arvist, Fishtail, Nana Academy, Prelude, Sauce, Standard AI, Syrup Tech, TruckMap, Unstruk Data.
Where did Kevin Novak go to school?
Kevin Novak studied at Michigan State University (MS, Physics); Xavier University (BS, Physics (major)).

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