Avidan Ross
Founding Partner at Root Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAvidan Ross is a founding partner at Root Ventures with 12 years of experience investing in deep-tech seed startups led by engineers, focusing on developer tools and audacious hard-tech problems. He combines hands-on technical pedigree—from early network engineering work at Excite@Home to CTO-level technology strategy at a firm managing $15B—with thesis-driven early-stage investing. Based in San Francisco, he looks for founders building software and tools that let engineers tackle bigger problems, bringing operator-level diligence to capital allocation. Off the clock he’s built a quirky portfolio of experiences—from a cross-country coffee sabbatical and a published book to an ill-fated but inventive Food Network pilot—that reflect a maker’s curiosity and appetite for practical experimentation.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Columbia University
Github Skills (26)
cli8
tailwindcss8
postgresql7
zod7
typescript7
prisma7
nextjs7
infrastructure6
turborepo6
open-source6
cli-app6
particle5
trpc5
next-auth4
photon4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
avidan/apps-wikipedia-enrichment
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Save text and images from Wikipedia to your base.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
wikidatamediawiki-apiwikipedia
avidan/avidan.github.io
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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