Passionate Intensity
Posts by: Kirill Sheynkman
Exactly one year ago today, September 9, 2011, RTP Ventures officially got started. It’s been an amazing year, a whirlwind that seemingly parallels the experiences I’ve had at startups I’ve built — setting up basic operations, assembling a team, trying and testing business models and actually putting [...]
Quantity, quality, and size of early-stage seed financing has recently given rise to speculation about a seed funding bubble. Ex-founders, Hollywood personalities, the rich and the powerful, the smart and the cool, all seem to be foregoing or, at least, de-emphasizing the usual trappings of wealth [...]
About Me
I am the Managing Director of RTP Ventures, the U.S. operation of a $700M+ international Venture Capital fund. I was also a Venture Partner at Greycroft. I am a three-time founder and CEO of software companies including Plumtree Software and Elastra. Spent most of my life working on databases and working with VCs. Finally bit the bullet and joined one. Ready for something new. Passionate and intense about Software and New York City. (I know where the title comes from, and... the falcon can not hear the falconer)
