Philip Rosedale Overview
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Status
- Active
- Investments
- 2
- Portfolio
- 2
Philip Rosedale General Information
Description
Mr. Philip Rosedale is a Co-Founder and serves as Advisor & Board Member at High Fidelity. Mr. Rosendale is also a Co-Founder and serves as Strategic Advisor at Linden Lab. He is a Co-Founding Advisor of Akili. He serves as an Advisor at Bonusly. He co-founded High Fidelity to make virtual reality spaces in 2013. He invested in startups such as Milk, Sunglass.io, Akili Interactive, and Crowdfunder. He was also chief technology officer at RealNetworks. Prior to this, he founded Coffee & Power. He led the creation of the virtual world of Second Life from the initial concept to a market-leading virtual world, with a robust economy and a global population. As a pioneer in the virtual world industry, he is actively involved in the strategy, development, and design of Linden Lab's products, including the world of Second Life and the Second Life Grid platform. He is known for his entrepreneurial approach to new technologies, starting a network software company when he was 17. In 1995 he created an innovative Internet video conferencing product, which was later acquired by RealNetworks, where he went on to become Vice President and CTO. In 1999, the advent of consumer broadband and better PC 3D graphics inspired him to leave RealNetworks and found Linden Lab, pursuing his lifelong dream of creating an internet-scale virtual world.
Contact Information
- 2370 Market Street
- Suite 103-106
- San Francisco, CA 94114
- United States
Philip Rosedale Investments (2)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Upload | 16-Dec-2015 | Seed Round | 00.000 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000000 |
00000000 | 00000 00000 | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000000 |
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Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Philip Rosedale | Angel Investor | 0 | 0 | San Francisco, CA |