Christopher Rust - Co-Founder & General Partner @ Clear Ventures

Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Tignis	Yes	Seed Round - Tignis	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Robin.io	No	Series A - Robin.io	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kaiam	—	Series A - Kaiam	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Atmosic	Clear Ventures	—	Series D - Atmosic	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Concentric AI	Clear Ventures	—	Series B - Concentric AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arrcus	Clear Ventures	—	Venture Round - Arrcus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kognitos	Clear Ventures	—	Series A - Kognitos	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Acante	Clear Ventures	Yes	Seed Round - Acante	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arrcus	Clear Ventures	—	Series D - Arrcus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arrcus	Clear Ventures	—	Series D - Arrcus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kognitos	Clear Ventures	Yes	Seed Round - Kognitos	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Avicena Tech	Clear Ventures	—	Series A - Avicena Tech	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tignis	Clear Ventures	—	Series A - Tignis	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

Number of Exits

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Christopher Rust

has

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exit -

Tignis

Christopher Rust

has

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Tignis

and

Robin.io

Tignis Tignis combines physics and AI for semiconductor process control and automation.
Robin.io Robin.io runs stateful applications on Kubernetes, even complex Big Data, Databases, AI/ML, and Custom Apps.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Christopher Rust

has

current jobs as

Founding Investor & Board Member

Arrcus

and

Co-Founder & General Partner

Clear Ventures

. Additionally,

Christopher Rust

has had

past jobs including

Partner

U.S. Venture Partners

Arrcus Founding Investor & Board MemberSep 2016
Clear Ventures Co-Founder & General PartnerOct 2015

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
U.S. Venture Partners	Partner	Nov 2004	Aug 23, 2013
Akros Silicon	Director	Dec 1, 2005	Jul 1, 2013
Sequoia Capital	Partner	Feb 1, 1998	Jul 31, 2002
Carrier Access	Sr. Director of PLM	1997	1998
ComCore	Director of PLM	1996	1997
Sourcecom Technology Solutions	Broadband Product Manager	1995	1996
MITRE	Member of Technical Staff	1988	1992
Wang Laboratories	Electronic Technician to Manufacturing Engineer	1984	1987
Nokia	Electronics Technician	1987	1987
WarnerMedia	Co-founder and Principal Network Architect	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Christopher Rust

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Vera

Board Member

Espresa

, and

Advisor & Series A Investor

Swift Navigation

Vera Board MemberMay 2017
Espresa Board Member2016
Swift Navigation Advisor & Series A InvestorAug 2015
Robin.io Advisor & Series A InvestorMay 2014
Omio Advisor & Series A InvestorMar 1, 2014
Reflektion Advisor & Series A InvestorDec 1, 2013
Exablox Board Member2012
Zerto Board Observer2011
GoPro Board Observer2011
Clustrix Board Member2006

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
PLUMgrid	Board Member	2011	2013
VeriWave	Board Member	2007	2011
Dilithium Networks	Board Member	2005	2010
DuneNetworks	Board Member	2007	2010
StrataLight Communications	Board Member, Chairman	2005	2008
LVL7 Systems	Board Member	2005	2007
Mahi Networks	Board Member	Sep 1999	Nov 1, 2005
Mellanox Technologies	Board Observer	1999	2002
MEMX	Board Member	2000	2002
Turin Networks	Board Member	1999	2002

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
California Investors with Funds Raised in 2016	71,691
California Late Stage Venture Investors	15,625
West Coast Late Stage Venture Investors	15,590
Magma Design Automation Alumni Founded Companies	91,582
San Francisco Bay Area Investors with Funds Raised in 2016	73,837
Venture Stage Investors with Investments in West Coast	5,461
WarnerMedia Alumni Founded Companies	68,137
California Seed Stage Investors	16,841
San Francisco Bay Area Seed Stage Investors	20,558
United States Investors with Funds Raised in 2016	57,364

Education

Christopher Rust

studied at

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

, and

University of Colorado

University of Massachusetts, Lowell Bachelor of ScienceElectrical EngineeringAug 19831987
University of Massachusetts, Lowell MSElectrical EngineeringAug 19871988
University of Colorado MSTelecommunications EngineeringAug 19891991
University of Colorado MEEngineering ManagementSep 20022004

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles

Funding Round•

May 30, 2019

Tignis raised

obfuscation

from Ashmeet Sidana and 3 other investors

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News•

Apr 24, 2019