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John Malloy is a General Partner and co-founder of BlueRun Ventures. He focuses on mobile software and services opportunities across both consumer and enterprise businesses. John has been an integral part of the explosive growth phases of major services & brands such as Friends & Family, NOKIA, PAYPAL and WAZE. As a VC, John was the first venture investor in PayPal (IPO 2002 & eBay), Waze (GOOG), Topsy (AAPL), Slide (GOOG), Bitfone (HP), Chomp (AAPL) and others. Some of his current investments include HumanAPI, Kitman and AlwaysAI. Prior to starting BlueRun Ventures, John held executive and operating roles at NOKIA, MCI and co-founded Go Communications. He holds a J.D. from George Mason University and a B.A. from Boston College.
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Jonathan Ebinger
Jonathan is a general partner of BlueRun Ventures. Over his 20 years at the firm he has led investments in Coupa Software (NASD: COUP), Kabbage (American Express), Enpocket (Nokia), as well as Jackpocket, Paystand, FreeAgent, and numerous other early stage companies. Jonathan also has 15 years of marketing and finance experience in the telecommunications industry. Jonathan was the Vice President of Marketing for Qwest Communications, and held other senior level positions at Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions and MCI Communications. In addition, Jonathan founded and successfully exited Simply Savings, Inc., an early internet shopping service. He received his M.B.A. from Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, and holds a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech.
Stephanie Pop
Stephanie Pop joins the BRV team from Human API, a BRV portfolio company. As Chief Operating Officer, Steph oversees all back office operations. After completing her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of British Columbia, Steph co-founded a medical device company in Vancouver, Canada. Following a move to the Bay Area, she spent time as an early employee at HealthTap and Ginger.io, two venture-backed health technology companies. In 2014, Steph joined Human API as a Co-Founder and helped scale the organization in a variety of operational roles.
Ryan Rodenbaugh
Ryan Rodenbaugh is CEO/Co-Founder at Wallfacer Labs and formerly Head Of Business Development at TrustToken. Versatile business generalist that loves throwing myself deeply into problems. Experienced in business development/partnerships, operations, and product strategy. He lives in San Francisco and work on the business development team at TrustToken. He is an alum of Arizona State University. He enjoys learning about a number of topics, including blockchain and decentralized applications, artificial intelligence and the future of industry, behavioral psychology, and how to be more rational.