Mike Rothenberg is the founder and CEO of Rothenberg Ventures. See contact routes.
Mike Rothenberg is the founder and CEO of Rothenberg Ventures, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm he established in 2012 after boot-strapping three prior companies and graduating from Stanford and Harvard Business School. The firm invests in early-stage frontier technology startups across sectors including virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, space, next-generation hardware, and IoT. Rothenberg Ventures typically makes around 25 investments in the $10,000–$100,000 range, often leading rounds while dedicating significant time to portfolio founders. Notable portfolio companies include Robinhood, SpaceX, Revel Systems, and the clothing brand Chubbies. Rothenberg cultivated a distinctive reputation as “Silicon Valley’s party animal,” inspiring a *Silicon Valley* episode, but was convicted in 2023 on 21 counts of fraud, money laundering, and bank fraud for bilking investors of nearly $19 million. His public profile shifted dramatically after the SEC charged him with overcharging investors to fund personal projects, including his virtual reality production company River.
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