RD

Richard Dulude

Venture Capitalist at Underscore VC

Greater Boston

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2015

    Underscore VC is an early-stage, venture capital firm backing bold entrepreneurs with an aligned community designed to fit each startup's unique needs.

  • Venture Capital Advisor

    2023

    1:1 mentor to students and future founders, by holding monthly office hours on campus to provide students with feedback on their ideas, business models, and other core aspects of their new ventures.

  • Angel Investor

    2013

    ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐˜…+) โ€ข Chainlink Labs (led Seed with Underscore VC) โ€ข Ripple Labs ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐˜…+) โ€ข Mercury Bank โ€ข LabelBox โ€ข OpenPhone โ€ข Notion ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ (๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐˜…+) โ€ข Abra, Abodu, Airmeet, AltoIRA, Anvyl, Arda Therapeutics, Cafe X, Cambrian Biotechnologies, Cash Live, Chalk, Clara, Constant, Eight Sleep, Endura Therapeutics, Firefly, Foresight Health, Glif, Golden, GreatMany, Here, Hotline, Jetty, Kinside, Kittl, Knowde, Kodiak Robotics, Levels, Loyal Health, Mastra AI, Melonn, Mem0, MindsDB, Neon, Passport, Pear AI, Permit IO, Pika, POAP, Rarify, SkySafe, Slingshot AI, Smalls, Smarthop, STRIVR, SuperMove, Ubiquity6, Upstream ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€ข Airhouse, Betterview, Creatorspace, Nodesource, Pillow, SketchDeck, Tessera, UpCounsel, Zuli

2013 - 2015

  • Investment Associate

    2013 - 2015

    MBA associate at top decile generalist venture capital fund focused on seed-stage investments.

2009 - 2012

  • Brand Manager (Direct-to-Consumer, Digital)

    2009 - 2012

    Managed the analytics for D2C from idea to become the fastest-growing channel in the company globally. Specifically launched prestige brands: Shiseido, SK-II, and Fekkai.

2008 - 2009

  • Software Developer (Front/Back-End, iTunes)

    2008 - 2009

    Wrote software for the initial iTunes product and iPod 1st generation.

2006 - 2008

  • Software Developer (Quantitative Research, GSAM)

    2007 - 2008

    Owned the software development for algorithmic vega-volatility trading on select FX currency pairs.

  • Software Developer (Front & Back End)

    2006 - 2007

    Contributed to the codebase for the company's first dynamically rendered customer-facing portal.