About Republic
For the first time in history, the majority of the US population can invest in tech startups.
In May 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enacted Title III of the JOBS Act, allowing non-accredited investors — the majority of the US population — to invest in startups. But the complicated legal requirements demanded for a founder and investor-friendly, easy to use platform to make startup investing truly accessible.
That’s why we built Republic: to democratize investing and level out the fundraising landscape for founders and investors alike. We’re SEC-registered, FINRA-licensed, and if you’re at all interested in startups, you’ve heard of our past work: Republic is part of a family of startup platforms together with AngelList and Product Hunt — one of the most trusted online startup ecosystems in the world.
Why we’re doing this
Startups are here to save the world, but they need money to grow. Many startups’ success depends on their ability to get funded.
Silicon Valley is an amazing place. It’s fostered and funded tech startups for decades, but its limitations have become increasingly apparent: It’s held back by its geography, philosophy and lack of diversity.
Recent legislation has created the opportunity to bring the best of the Silicon Valley to the rest of the country and the world.
It gives the 97% of people previously left behind access to startup investing: the power to choose the future we want to see by funding the companies we believe in.
And, equally important, it makes room for more entrepreneurs — because in a world where anyone can fund anyone, more ideas should get off the ground and grow.
More ideas = more opportunities = more innovation = better future.
That’s why we’re doing this.
Why we focus on diversity
We welcome all kinds of entrepreneurs, but we’re encouraging more startups with diverse teams and backgrounds to apply. Why do we have a special focus on the underserved — women, minorities, immigrant and veteran founders?
Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. Equalization of the fundraising landscape will allow more talent to have a chance to build companies, creating more investment opportunities for investors.
Traditional VCs notoriously don’t fund as many female founders as males, or as many Black or Latinx founders as white founders. The same applies to geography: the majority of funded startups come from Silicon Valley & New York.
We believe that most hidden gems for our investors can be found beyond the places where everyone’s looking.
Why we love mission-driven startups
Because we believe that startups are the way to a better future. The greatest companies are mission driven: they start with a vision of the better future — the future they will create.
This isn't just fanciful ideology. It’s highly pragmatic: having a mission helps founders see the big picture and set big goals, to persevere through tough times, and to lead and inspire their team along the way. Building a company isn’t easy. Ultimately, a mission makes it possible for founders to succeed.
Who we are
We're a team of founders and investors, just like you.
Republic was founded by alumni of AngelList — the world's largest online investment platform for accredited investors. AngelList was instrumental in passing the JOBS Act that enabled equity crowdfunding and remains our strategic partner.
Our team has extensive experience in investing, online fundraising, business, law, engineering and community building. We have been founders and investors, builders and operators.
Kendrick Nguyen
Co-Founder
CEO. Previously General Counsel at AngelList. Worked at Permal Group and Goodwin Procter. Former Stanford Fellow and securities litigator. Co-founded a crypto startup and a secondary investment platform.
Peter Green
Co-Founder
Chief Creative Officer; SVP. Previously Founder of Mine, MeetingPulse, Volga Verdi. Worked at Leo Burnett. Masters of management from HSE Moscow.
Pialy Aditya
Business
Chief Strategy Officer. Angel investor. Previously GM @ShopYourWay, co-founder and President @Mintbox. MBA from Harvard. Finance from New York University.
Shrina Kurani
Business
Chief of Staff and PM. Previously engineering for NASA, investing at Better Ventures, business at Sutro, founder at FoodNest, negotiator at UN. MS in Sustainability, BS in Mechanical Engineering. Classical Dancer & Saxophonist.
Aditya Sarkar
Product
Software Engineer. Previously founded Fleet and engineered at Snapchat. Studied Computer Science at Stanford.
Ahrham Cho
Business
Comptroller. Previously Finance and Operations Manager at Noom Inc. Worked as a CPA in a private accounting firm.
Alex Ye
Economics and Republic Labs
Investment Associate. Previously at ZZ Ventures, UChicago Investment Office, and Top Tier Capital Partners. UChicago Economics.
Angle Skelly
Business
Business Associate. Previously Business Development and Operations at SFOX, and Operations at Rafa Distributing.
Apoorva Muralidhara
Product
Senior Software Engineer with many years of experience. Studied Mathematics at Princeton University.
Bianca Caban
Business
Head of Partnerships. Co-founded Taino Capital and AccessLatina. Banking and investment at Credit Suisse, Blackrock, and Atlas Merchant Capital. Harvard BA; Columbia MBA.
Boris Revsin
Republic Labs
Managing Director. Investor in Staked, Coinmine, Noble, Wellist, Jobble, TableList. Previously Founder BreaktimeMedia, Co-founder and President VentureApp. Studied Comp Sci. at UMassAmherst.
Brooke Chapin Robbins
Business
Legal & Business Associate. Formerly Fulbright ETA in Taiwan, freelance writer for IESE Business School and the United Nations PRME. Co-founder at CLIFF Network. BA from Columbia University.
Bryan Myint
Republic Crypto
Managing Director. Founding Partner at Taureon Capital. Previously Strategy Consultant at Enterey, Ops Manager at Breeze & Medical Device Engineer at Abbott. Studied engineering at UCLA.
Cheryl Campos
Business
Senior Associate, Investment Team. Previously analyst in investment banking and private debt / equity. Harvard '15 concentration in Economics.
Chuck Pettid
Business
Head of CF Portal. GP at RainmakeMe. Worked at Merrill, Pinnacle. Repeat founder. Active investor. Studied business at Nebraska and Fordham.
Dmitry Chernyshev
Product
Designer. Previously at Sweatcoin, COUB, Theory&Practice and Trends&Brands. Created Identity and design for web version of Andy Warhol Interview Russia magazine.
Eli Ratsyborynskyy
Product
Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience. Previously in leading roles at Twitch.tv and Amazon.
Frederick Allen
Business
Director, Digital Asset Services. Registered FINRA licensed representative, previously in IB and Equity Research. Bachelor of Business majored in Finance and a Masters of Applied Finance. Active investor.
Ilya Beylin
Legal
Securities Counsel. Previously, GC at AngelList, corporate attorney at Sidley Austin and Sullivan Cromwell, and clerked for the DC Circuit appellate court. JD from the University of Chicago and CS degree from Stanford.
Jaeeun Lee
Product
Software Engineer and artist. Previously engineering at SMARTASSISTANT. Proud mother of a dog and a cat. Movie lover. MFA from Hunter College.
Jed Halfon
Legal & Business
Associate General Counsel and Partner. Previously corporate attorney at Mayer Brown. JD and MA from UPenn. Contributor @Forbes.
Julia Báez Valentín
Legal
Legal Intern. 3L at Fordham Law, concentrating in Intellectual Property and Information Technology. East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University.
Julian Jung
Republic Labs & Business
Managing Director at R/Labs and Director of Corp Dev at Republic. Partner Game Theory Group. Founder of Tablelist. Investor of Drizly, Alden & Harlow, Staked, Coinmine, & Lalo.
Kyle McCormick
Business
Senior Associate, Investment Team. Former Associate at Endeavor. Studied Finance at Boston College.
Laurent Mazouer
Product
Senior Software Engineer. Previously Associate Technology at SapientRazorfish. Studied Computer Science at Columbia University.
Léo Galley
Product
Senior Software Engineer. Previously, Engineer at CoinList, Design Director at AngelList, and Head of UX & Design at Mitoo.
Loc Nguyen
Business
Data Scientist. Previously marketing at Proximi & Zapflow. Studying International Business at Aalto University.
Matt Melbourne
Business
Senior Associate, Investment Team. Previously BD at Global Citizen. B.A. in Government & English from Georgetown University.
Maxwell Rich
Legal & Compliance
Chief Compliance Officer & Deputy General Counsel. Regulatory advisor to CoinList. Previously at Liberty Mutual and the Clearing House. JD from Boston University, BA in Economics and Political Science from Drew University.
Nikhil Gopalani
Business
Head of Investment. Co-Founder at Ambition.vc. Invested &/or partnered with world-class companies like Wonolo, Token.io, Pixlee, Equidate (Forge), Verdigris, VidIQ, Drchrono, Samba TV & FabFitFun. Previously at Orange, VentureBeat and Accredible.
Nisa Amoils
Republic Labs
Managing Director. Previously VC at Scout Ventures and family office. Securities lawyer. Boards Wharton Entrepreneurship, Institute Blockchain Innovation, other companies. Contributor for Forbes and Blockchain Magazine. UMich Business and Penn Law.
Perri Gould
Business
Campaign Manager, Onboarding Operations. Previously at 92nd Street Y. Middle Eastern Studies at Brown University.
Riki Harris
Business
People Operations & Operations. Previously diversity program management & legal at Google. UCLA BA.
Szandra Fuzesi Ford
Business
Operating Partner. 18+ yrs of experience in Capital Markets & Business Operations at UBS, Amaranth, Capgemini and others. Co-founded Climb Capital. UofM BBA, NYU MBA.
Taylor Hedrick
Business
Director, Onboarding Operations. Previously corporate attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell. AB from Dartmouth, JD/MBA from Yale.
Vasja Volin
Product
Senior Software Engineer. Previously Tech Lead and Senior Engineer at Hearst Digital Media. Electrical and Computer Engineer via Rutgers School of Engineering.
Vladimir Shumsky
Business
Head of Growth Marketing. Previously CEO @Savage.ai | Head of Cloud Products @OTOY | Head of Marketing @VelocityNutrition | PhD @MIPT
Caroline Hofmann
Advisor and Co-Founder
Previously COO at Republic and Associate Principal at McKinsey in New York and London. Harvard MBA, Masters from London School of Economics.
Christian Sullivan
Advisor
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Seed investor in Yandex, Cruise, and other notable tech and social impact startups.
Katherine Krug
Advisor
Founder of BetterBack, Everest, Fundrah. First solo woman to break $1M on Kickstarter.
Kenneth Ballenegger
Advisor
Angel in 40+ startups, Partner at Oyster Ventures. Previously, co-founder and manager of Republic Crypto, engineering at AngelList, founder at FreshPay, founding architect at Chartboost, and product at Tapulous (acq. by Disney)
Naval Ravikant
Advisor
Chairman and Founder at AngelList. Founder at Venture Hacks, Vast and Epinions. Invested in Twitter, Heyzap, Uber.
Paul Menchov
Advisor and Co-Founder
Head of CoinList Capital. CTO and Co-Founder at CoinList. Previously, CTO at Republic and Head of Fundraising Infrastructure at AngelList. Worked at Zynga. Studied at Cornell University.
Shaherose Charania
Advisor
Co-Founder of Women 2.0, Founder Labs. Board of Directors at Good World Solutions.
Shiza Shahid
Advisor
Founder of NOW Ventures and Malala Fund. Investor and social activist. Studied at Stanford University.
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