Kelly Rodriques
Kelly Rodriques is the CEO of Forge Global, the leading global private securities marketplace. Rodriques has over 25 years of experience investing in and building financial services companies. He has been CEO of several companies which have gone public through an IPO or sold to bigger companies. He has successfully started and co-invested with accomplished venture capitalists in early-stage technology companies. He also serves as a board member and advisor to numerous growth companies in the technology-enabled service sectors. He is also an investor in more than 25 venture-backed firms.
EARLY CAREER
Rodriques has been CEO of several companies which have gone public through an IPO or sold to bigger companies.
He was a Founding Investor of mFoundry, the leading provider of mobile banking which was acquired by Fidelity Information Systems.
He served as the CEO of PENSCO, one of the nation's leading alternative asset custodians sold to Opus Bank.
He was an Operating Partner of Ignition Capital and CEO and Chairman of Totality, acquired by Verizon.
He has also been Managing Partner of Operative Capital, a fintech venture firm.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
He has been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, and more.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.