Christopher Rust

Christopher Rust

Founder at Clear Venture Management LLC

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Chris Rust is Co Founder and Partner of Clear, where he focuses on early stage technology investments.
Chris’s operational specialties are recruiting, product marketing, business development, follow-on fund raising, and scaling.
He has been the lead investor in over 35 companies.
Prior to founding Clear in 2014 Chris spent 14 years as an early stage technology investor with exceptional mentors at Sequoia Capital and USVP.
He also spent 12 years in operating roles as a development engineer, network architect, and product manager.
Chris was a co-founder and Lead Architect of broadband access pioneer Roadrunner, now known as Time Warner Cable Internet.
Roadrunner grew to 14 million subscribers, over $4 Billion in 2015 revenue, and is the key driver of Charter Communication’s $56.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable.
A life-long learner, Chris earned a B.S.E.E.
with distinction as a Massachusetts Board of Regents Honor Scholar and an M.S.E.E from the University of Lowell, an M.S.
Telecommunications Engineering and an M.E.
Engineering Management from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
While at the University of Lowell he was the recipient of the President’s Medal.
Prior to founding Clear in 2014 Chris spent 14 years as an early stage technology investor with exceptional mentors at Sequoia Capital and USVP.
He also spent 12 years in operating roles as a development engineer, network architect, and product manager.
Chris was a co-founder and Lead Architect of broadband access pioneer Roadrunner, now known as Time Warner Cable Internet.
Roadrunner grew to 14 million subscribers, over $4 Billion in 2015 revenue, and is the key driver of Charter Communication’s $56.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable.

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Corporate Officer/Principal 2011-07-27
Corporate Officer/Principal 2009-07-20
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Director/Board Member 2018-12-31
Consultant / Advisor 2017-04-30
Consultant / Advisor 2014-02-28
Director/Board Member 2017-07-31
Consultant / Advisor 2015-07-31
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The University of Colorado Graduate Degree
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