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Issac Roth

Managing Director, Shasta Ventures

About

Isaac Roth is a former repeat founder and CEO who created Red Hat OpenShift and IBM's API Management offering before becoming a venture capital investor, giving him hands-on experience building developer platforms and enterprise infrastructure rather than a purely financial background. At Shasta Ventures, he focuses on technical infrastructure startups and writes practitioner-style guidance for founders on board management and fundraising, approaching investments from the perspective of someone who has actually built modern developer tools and API infrastructure. Isaac Roth is a former repeat founder and CEO who created Red Hat OpenShift and IBM's API Management offering before becoming a venture capital investor, giving him hands-on experience building developer platforms and enterprise infrastructure rather than a purely financial background. At Shasta Ventures, he focuses on technical infrastructure startups and writes practitioner-style guidance for founders on board management and fundraising, approaching investments from the perspective of someone who has actually built modern developer tools and API infrastructure.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
SaaS
Enterprise
Consumer
AI
Cybersecurity

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $10M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA