Kevin Rose
InvestorAdvisor at True Ventures
Portland, Oregon
Writes $1M β $50M checks Β· typically $20M
About
Kevin Rose publishes a Substack newsletter covering emerging AI and tech trends, finance, health, minimal living, philosophy, and Zen practice. The newsletter has over 124,000 subscribers. The available page is limited to the newsletter subscription landing, offering little further biographical detail.
ContactΒ· published on Kevin's own website
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Rose co-founded Digg, a social news and technology link website, publicly launched in December 2004. He co-founded the Proof Collective, an NFT collector group, with Justin Mezzell, which released the Moonbirds collection. He founded ZERO, an intermittent fasting app, and OAK, a meditation app.
- Education
- Studied at Southeast Career Technical Academy Studied at University of Nevada Las Vegas (computer science)
- Boards
- Rose has served on the board of The (Tony Hawk) Skatepark Project.
- Communities
- He became an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America.
- Awards
- He was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators under 35 in 2007. Bloomberg named him a Top 25 Angel Investor. Forbes named him a Top 25 Web Celebrity. Time named him one of the Top 25 Most Influential People on the Web. He is a five-time Webby Award winner. He received the Eagle Scout award with the Boy Scouts of America.
- Hobbies
- He hosts The Random Show podcast with Tim Ferriss and is a watch enthusiast who led the watch site Hodinkee. He hosts The Kevin Rose Show, a variety podcast covering investing, AI, wellness, and culture.
- Family
- He married Darya Pino in 2013 and has two children.
From Kevin's own website β common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- DiggChairmancurrent2025 β present
- Harlan EstateFormal Advisory Boardcurrent2015 β presentNapa, California, United States
- True VenturesPartner2017 β 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- ΕURAMember Board of Directors2019 β 2021
- HODINKEE, Inc.Member Board of Directors2015 β 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- Zero Longevity ScienceFounder, Zero App2016 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Tony Hawk FoundationBoard Member2011 β 2016
- Google VenturesGeneral Partner2012 β 2015San Francisco, CA
- Digg Inc.Founder2004 β 2012San Francisco, CA
- Revision3Co-Founder2004 β 2012San Francisco, CA
- TechTVTV Host2001 β 2005San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
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User ExperienceStrategyFrom Kevin's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
EndelHodinkeeOura
Investor
3crowdArt BlocksBlue Bottle CoffeeChompDailyboothFacebookFormspringFoursquareGowallaMagic SpoonMediumNextdoorngmocoOMGPOPOpenAIRippleSimpleGeoSolanaSquareTwitterWealthfrontZynga
Per curated public sources.
Writing
All posts βKevin Rose has been publishing podcast interviews focused on AI, including conversations with Snipd's founder and a16z investor Anish Acharya, and announced his full-time return to Digg alongside relaunching his podcast.
A podcast interview with Snipd founder Kevin Ben Smith covering the app's origins, its AI approach, why it refuses ad-skipping, podcast advertising models, and an open API for AI agents.
A podcast interview with a16z partner Anish Acharya discussing AI coding, the decline of SaaS, and predictions about AI's impact on work and society.
Rose announces returning full-time to Digg to rebuild it against AI bots, relaunching his podcast after LA fires, and shares new episodes with Ben Cera and Tim Ferriss.', published_date: 2026-03-31.
Colleagues at True Ventures
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Investors connected to Kevin in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Rose?
- Kevin Rose publishes a Substack newsletter covering emerging AI and tech trends, finance, health, minimal living, philosophy, and Zen practice. The newsletter has over 124,000 subscribers. The available page is limited to the newsletter subscription landing, offering little further biographical detail.
- Where does Kevin Rose work?
- Kevin Rose is Advisor at True Ventures.
- What check size does Kevin Rose write?
- Kevin Rose typically writes checks of $1M β $50M.
- What boards does Kevin Rose sit on?
- Kevin Rose holds tracked board seats at Endel, Hodinkee, Oura.
- What companies has Kevin Rose invested in?
- Investments tracked here include 3crowd, Art Blocks, Blue Bottle Coffee, Chomp, Dailybooth, Facebook, Formspring, Foursquare, Gowalla, Magic Spoon, Medium, Nextdoor, and 10 more.
- What awards has Kevin Rose received?
- He was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators under 35 in 2007. Bloomberg named him a Top 25 Angel Investor. Forbes named him a Top 25 Web Celebrity. Time named him one of the Top 25 Most Influential People on the Web. He is a five-time Webby Award winner. He received the Eagle Scout award with the Boy Scouts of America.
- What has Kevin Rose written?
- Kevin Rose has 3 tracked posts on kevinrose.com, including "Apple Podcasts Was Never Built For Podcasts", "AI's Top Investor: "1% Have Seen God. 99% Are Oblivious."", "Rebooting everything".
Shared employers
Also worked at Digg9
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Also worked at HODINKEE, Inc.1
Also worked at Tony Hawk Foundation3
Also worked at Google Ventures1,721
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