Rownd

Rownd

Fully autonomous defense solutions for the global edge.

Raleigh, NC
7 employees
Drones
Seed · $3.8M

About Rownd

Fully autonomous defense solutions for the global edge.

Company details

Team Size7
LocationRaleigh, NC
IndustryDrones

Funding

Total raised

$3.8M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Alumni Ventures
UUncorrelated Ventures
NNC Tweener Fund
PPlug and Play Tech Center

Founders

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Matthew Hamann

Over a decade of experience building enterprise-scale cloud applications at IBM. Holds degrees in Information Systems Management from Bob Jones University and Carnegie Mellon University.

Robert Thelen

Robert Thelen

Rob Thelen is the CEO and co-founder of Rownd. Prior to Rownd, he was a Product-lead for IBM's API Connect, a $200M a year API management platform where he was responsible for all aspects of the product, dev prioritization to sales strategy. Robert is an Air Force veteran, where he led hundreds on the flight line, led a diverse combat advisor team in Afghanistan for a year, and was responsible for $1.2B in gov acquisitions. He received an MBA from Dartmouth and calls Durham, NC home.

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Matt Hamann

Matt Hamann

Matt is a co-founder and the CTO of LlamaFarm. He has over a decade of experience building enterprise-scale cloud applications at IBM. Matt earned a bachelor's degree in Information Systems Management from Bob Jones University and a master's degree in the same field from Carnegie Mellon University. He loves solving challenging, painful problems for customers large and small. In his spare time, he contributes to open-source and is the primary maintainer for https://www.npmjs.com/package/nconf.

Rachel Orrino

Rachel Orrino

Rachel (Radulovich) Orrino is a Co-founder and the Head of Design at Rownd. While at IBM, Rachel was responsible for user experience and design for Blockchain for Identity and other SaaS products. Her unique perspective and a blend of B2B SaaS and B2C design experiences allow her to create highly interactive and intuitive designs. She loves collecting and analyzing user feedback to create inform product enhancements and features.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.