Current Firm
Clear Ventures
Investments
1+ companies
Focus
AI, Enterprise
About Christopher Rust
Christopher Rust at Clear Ventures brings unusually deep technical credentials as co-founder and lead architect of Roadrunner (now Time Warner Cable Internet), which scaled to 14 million subscribers and became central to Charter's $56.7B acquisition of Time Warner Cable. Since 1998, he has invested in around 40 startups with his first 24 exits producing over $32B in market cap across infrastructure companies like GoPro, Mellanox, and Dune, combining 14-16 years at Sequoia Capital and USVP with hands-on engineering experience across 12 years in technical roles at companies like US WEST Advanced Technologies and MITRE.
Focus Areas
AIEnterpriseCybersecuritySaaS
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
Groupon