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JD Ross
Serial entrepreneur and venture capital partner
JD Ross is a prominent entrepreneur and co-founder of With Coverage, a risk management platform launched in July 2023. He is based in Austin, Texas, and has a notable background in technology and startups.
Professional Background
JD Ross has an extensive career in the tech industry, having co-founded several successful companies:
- Opendoor (February 2014 - December 2018): A platform aimed at simplifying the home selling process, which went public in December 2020.
- Royal.io (May 2021 - April 2023): A platform focused on investing in artists and participating in their success.
- Atomic (May 2019 - June 2021): Served as General Partner at this venture studio, which is behind several successful companies.
- Fresh Prints (July 2009 - July 2012): Co-founded this company, which achieved significant annual revenue.
He also held the position of Vice President of Product at Addepar from June 2010 to February 2014, where he contributed to financial technology solutions.13
Education
JD Ross graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.12
Current Endeavors
At With Coverage, JD Ross is focusing on creating innovative solutions in risk management, building on his extensive experience in technology and entrepreneurship.2
Highlights
Unironically this is basically all it takes in a company to figure out which departments are circular dependencies of paper pushing and which ones help customers (or in this case, gov’t departments and sub-orgs serving selves or serving “we the people”)
Given the scale and brutality of the Opioid epidemic in the US, taking down the Mexican cartels is the most sensible foreign policy focus for the US since before 9/11
