Where does Ray Ventura work?

Ray Ventura is Founder of 1099Policy.

What companies did Ray Ventura found?

Ray Ventura founded 1099Policy.

Where did Ray Ventura go to school?

Ray Ventura studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Engineering); University of Minnesota (JD / MBA, Intellectual Property, Venture Capital).

Ray Ventura

Founder

Founder at 1099Policy

San Francisco, California, United States

Founded1099Policy

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About

Ray Ventura is Co-Founder and CTO of 1099Policy, with approximately a decade of experience developing software at startups. He previously worked as an intellectual property attorney at IBM and, earlier in his career, at NASA. Ventura holds a computer engineering degree from Georgia Tech and a JD/MBA from the University of Minnesota.

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1099Policy's investors · 2

General PartnershipSan Francisco · $1M – $30M checks Precursor VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $4M checks

Experience

1099PolicyCo-Founder, CTOcurrent2023 — present
PatreonEngineering2018 — 2023San Francisco, California
Mission LaneEngineering2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
LivefyreEngineering2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
SimperiumSoftware Engineer2012San Francisco
YupeatFounder2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area and Vancouver
IBMIntellectual Property Attorney2006 — 2010Rochester-Austin, Minnesota Area
NASA Johnson Space CenterEngineer in Training (Co-op)2000 — 2002Greater Houston

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Management13Public Speaking2Leadership7Java4SaaS4Perl2HTML 55HTML51Business Strategy9Front-end Design3Start-ups39Software Development25

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Who is Ray Ventura?: Ray Ventura is Co-Founder and CTO of 1099Policy, with approximately a decade of experience developing software at startups. He previously worked as an intellectual property attorney at IBM and, earlier in his career, at NASA. Ventura holds a computer engineering degree from Georgia Tech and a JD/MBA from the University of Minnesota.
Where does Ray Ventura work?: Ray Ventura is Founder of 1099Policy.
What companies did Ray Ventura found?: Ray Ventura founded 1099Policy.
Where did Ray Ventura go to school?: Ray Ventura studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Engineering); University of Minnesota (JD / MBA, Intellectual Property, Venture Capital).

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Madeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital Partners Nate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture Partners Isaac ZikeManaging Director at RiverVest Venture Partners Dean HlushkoSales Manager (Western U.S.) at Needham Funds Richard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners John BergstromInvestor at Mairs & Power VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at 1099Policy1

Gary CooverCOO at Superlayer

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Sasha OrloffFounder/CEO at Lendup Ganesh DattaFounder at Cortex Jacob RosenbergFounder/CTO at LendUp Aaron S. MontgomeryExecutive Officer, Director at CarLotz Matt KrogstadChief Executive Officer at Groovnow Geoff CharlesChief Product Officer at Ramp

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David RodriguezInvestor at Draft Ventures Llc Adam CoccariManaging Director at HubSpot Ventures Bobby LentManaging Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire Don LoebCorporate Development, Advisor at LDV Capital David BillOperating Partner at Virta Ventures Paul BricaultAdvisor at Canyon Creek Capital

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