I founded my last company, AppNexus, in 2007, and we were out trying to raise our series A round in 2008 just as the world was falling apart. I pitched 40+ VCs, got nowhere, and was about to sell the company when we finally got a term sheet from Venrock and were able to keep going. By having the funding to survive the crisis, we built the company over a 10-year bull market, and ended up selling to AT&T for $1.6 billion in 2018.

Last year, I decided to start a new company, CMDTY, and raised $10MM from Venrock and Rucker Park with the intention of having plenty of money in case the world fell apart again (not really thinking it would, to be clear). I think we are going to be impacted by the global recession like everyone else, and at the same time, I think our product - a platform for supply chain management - is going to be extremely valuable as things pick back up again.

While we are going to be cautious given the uncertainty we face, we plan to hire 3-5 people over the next few months, and we're open to remote work (that feels funny writing, given that nobody is in the office!). https://cmdtymkt.com/careers