at The Founder Institute
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- The Founding Member at The Founder Institute
- The Founding Member at TheFunded.com
- Board Member at X PRIZE
- Past
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- CEO at Game Trust
- Founding Partner at Sophos Partners
- Cheif Strategic Officer at Xceed
- Founder, CEO, Chairman at methodfive
- Founder and President at Total New York / AOL Digital Cities
- Education
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- University of Pennsylvania
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
- Websites
Adeo Ressi’s Summary
Adeo Ressi is the Founding Member of the Founder Institute, an innovative business incubator and executive training program for high-tech entrepreneurs. The Institute plans to help launch 1,000 companies per year worldwide.
Adeo is also the Founding Member of TheFunded.com, an online resource for CEO's to research, rate, and review venture firms worldwide. TheFunded.com has two goals: streamline the fundraising process and encourage more innovation through venture investment.
Mr. Ressi also serves on the Board of the X PRIZE foundation, a non-profit chartered to inspire human achievements through competition.
Adeo Ressi’s Specialties:
Digital Media, Technology Management, Product Development Lifecycles, Business Management, Strategic Planning, Execution of Stated Goals and Objectives
Adeo Ressi’s Experience
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The Founding Member
The Founder Institute
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
The Founder Institute is a four month program that trains new and seasoned founders on the current best practices for building the next generation of companies. The program facilitates weekly sessions where experienced entrepreneurs help other Founders develop and launch their new businesses. The program offers a founder-friendly startup environment, mentorship from renowned CEOs, fundraising opportunities at fair market value, and shared equity upside among all participants in the companies formed.
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The Founding Member
TheFunded.com
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
An online resource for CEO's to research, rate, and review venture firms worldwide. Over 3,700 CEO's are Members and over 200 venture firms have built Certified Profiles, creating a transparent marketplace for venture fundraising.
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Board Member
X PRIZE
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Defense & Space industry)
August 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)
The X PRIZE foundation inspires dramatic social change through competition. The original $10 MM Ansari X PRIZE was awarded to Paul Allen and Burt Rutan for building a lightweight sub-orbital space craft capable of carrying three passengers into space twice in two weeks. The foundation is currently pursuing additional space prizes, a $10 MM prize in genomics, and various sustainability prizes, including a forthcoming automotive prize. Mr. Ressi serves on the Compensation and Recruiting Committee, as well as holding the Chairman position for the Strategic Planning Committee.
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CEO
Game Trust
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
February 2002 — October 2007 (5 years 9 months)
Game Trust has developed the leading enterprise software platform to power community and ecommerce applications in online casual games. As CEO, Mr. Ressi secured $15 MM in venture capital and acquired two companies to build Game Trust, which currently has over 25 game development partners authoring content for the platform and over 30 platform licensees, including large annual licenses with Viacom and AOL.
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Founding Partner
Sophos Partners
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Mr. Ressi founded Sophos Partners in 2000, a venture consulting and turnaround firm with partners in New York, Boston, Sao Paulo, and Tokyo. At Sophos, Mr. Ressi forged relationships with a dozen venture capitalists to assist with corporate growth and turnaround opportunities, and he acted as interim CEO of EBusiness.com, an idealab company.
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Cheif Strategic Officer
Xceed
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Mr. Ressi was Chief Strategy Officer of Xceed in 2000, the NASDAQ-listed web architecture and design firm with over 1,000 employees worldwide. At Xceed, he oversaw the filing of a secondary stock offering, organized complimentary service offerings across 13 offices worldwide, and developed the first intra-company financial projections.
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Founder, CEO, Chairman
methodfive
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 2000 (5 years )
Mr. Ressi founded methodfive in 1995, a strategic web development firm focused exclusively on the media and entertainment industry. methodfive developed strategies and systems for global media companies including The New York Times, The BBC, NewsCorp, The Economist, Scripps and Fox Networks. As CEO, he secured a $2 million investment from PricewaterhouseCoopers and grew the company to 250 employees worldwide, selling the company to Xceed for $88 million in 2000.
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Founder and President
Total New York / AOL Digital Cities
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year )
Mr. Ressi was a founder of Total New York in 1994, one of the first advertiser-supported web media and entertainment properties. Total New York preceded the existence of the World Wide Web. The property was later sold to AOL and Tribune Media, becoming AOL Digital Cities.
Adeo Ressi’s Education
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University of Pennsylvania
1992 — 1994
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Carnegie Mellon University
1990 — 1992
Additional Information
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Adeo Ressi’s Interests:
Economic Models for Societal Change, Space Exploration, Technology. Innovation, Sustainable Living
Adeo Ressi’s Groups:
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TheFunded Founder Institute
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