Joseph Ruscio is a general partner at Heavybit, leveraging his experience in academia, startups, and venture capital to help practitioner-first teams scale. He currently works with startups including Tailscale, Localstack, Groundcover, and Partnerpage.
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- Heavybit · General PartnerNow
- Librato · Founder and CTO2013-2015
- SolarWinds2015-2018
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Who is Joseph Ruscio?
Joseph Ruscio is a general partner at Heavybit, leveraging his experience in academia, startups, and venture capital to help practitioner-first teams scale. He currently works with startups including Tailscale, Localstack, Groundcover, and Partnerpage.
How much does Joseph Ruscio invest?
Joseph Ruscio invests through Heavybit, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed.
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What did Joseph Ruscio do before Heavybit?
Founder and CTO at Librato; SolarWinds.
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