Number of Portfolio Companies 11
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Entrepreneur, Investor, Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    Roeding Ventures
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Cyriac Roeding is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur (co-founder, former CEO of shopkick, acquired for $250M in cash) who invests in and works with startups and venture capitalists that drive change in the world at scale. Focus areas: consumer network effects, mobile, human-machine interfaces and AR, robotics, software meeting biology. Limited

Partner in Founders Fund, Andreesen Horowitz, KPCB, IVP, ZhenFund (China), SV Angel, SVB. Direct investor and advisor in over a dozen startups, including Karma Science (acquired by Facebook), Cardspring (acquired by Twitter), Grofers, Curbside, Zumper, Brilliant. The World Economic Forum named Roeding a Tech Pioneer 2013.

Previously, Cyriac co-founded and led shopkick, the shopping app that rewards users just for walking into retail stores, as CEO to over 20 million users and its $250M acquisition by SK Telecom/SK Planet (Fortune 100 from South Korea). Fast Company ranked it one of the world's 10 Most Innovative Companies In Retail by Fast Company, along with Apple and Starbucks.

Previously, Cyriac founded and led CBS Mobile (New York Times), the television network's (NYSE: CBS) mobile division, covering CBS Entertainment, CBS Sports, CBS News and The CW. He created the first location-based mobile ads in the U.S., and grew CBS Sports Mobile into one of the top ten highest traffic ad-supported mobile websites in the U.S.

Prior to CBS, Cyriac was the co-founder of 12snap, a European mobile marketing and entertainment company working with Coca-Cola, McDonald's, L'Oreal, adidas, Nokia, Vodafone and MTV Europe among others. Before that, he was at McKinsey & Company in the media, software and high-tech sector.

Cyriac co-authored the Harvard Business School Press book Secrets of Software Success.

Number of Investments 12
Cyriac Roeding has made 12 investments. Their latest investment was Series C - Synthego on Oct 23, 2018, when Synthego raised
$110M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 23, 2018
Synthego
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Series C - Synthego
$110M
Jun 22, 2018
Earli
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Pre Seed Round - Earli
$400K
Oct 11, 2017
Brilliant
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Series A - Brilliant
$21M
May 24, 2017
Bulletin
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Seed Round - Bulletin
$2.2M
Mar 1, 2016
Brilliant
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Seed Round - Brilliant
$3M
Feb 1, 2016
CARS24
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Seed Round - CARS24
$7M
Nov 26, 2015
blinkit
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Series C - blinkit
$120M
Jun 25, 2015
Zumper
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Series A - Zumper
$6.4M
Jun 25, 2015
Rakuten Americas
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Series B - Rakuten Americas
$25M
Oct 1, 2013
Sparks
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Seed Round - Sparks
$2.3M
Number of Exits 
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Cyriac Roeding has exits. Their most notable exits are SparksRakuten Americas, and Karma.
  • Sparks Sparks develops a platform that enables users to create memes on mobile.
  • Rakuten Americas Curbside is a United States-based company developing a mobile application to find, buy, and pick up products from stores.
  • Karma Karma Automotive is a social gifting app.
  • CardSpring Cardspring offers an application platform enabling app developers to write applications for credit cards and other types of payments.
  • Bulletin Bulletin operates as a wholesale marketplace and community that connects premium brands and retailers.
  • blinkit Blinkit is a low-price online supermarket that provides grocery delivery.
Number of Current Jobs 6
Number of Past Jobs 6
Cyriac Roeding has 6 current jobs including CEO & Co-Founder at Earli, Limited Investor at Greylock, and Limited Investor at Andreessen Horowitz. Additionally, Cyriac Roeding has had 6 past jobs including Co-Founder at Shopkick.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Shopkick
Co-Founder—2016
CardSpring
Angel InvestorMay 2012—
12snap
Co-founder——
Kleiner Perkins
EIR, now investors——
Karma
Angel InvestorJun 2011—
Sparks
Angel investorOct 2013—
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 3
Cyriac Roeding holds 2 board and advisor roles as Advisor at Long-Term Stock Exchange and Advisor at Rakuten Americas.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Shopkick
Board of DirectorsJul 2009Jun 30, 2016
Striiv
AdvisorApr 27, 2011Apr 26, 2013
Greylock
InvestorsJun 1, 2010—
Cyriac Roeding studied at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Sophia University.
Number of News Articles 86
News•Jan 12, 2021
Funding Round•Oct 23, 2018
Synthego raised $110,000,000 / Series C from 8VC and 4 other investors
Funding Round•Jun 22, 2018
Funding Round•Oct 11, 2017
Brilliant raised $21,000,000 / Series A from August Capital and 5 other investors
Funding Round•May 24, 2017
Bulletin raised $2,200,000 / Seed from Afore Capital and 13 other investors
News•May 17, 2016