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Rex Woodbury

Managing Partner at Daybreak

New York, New York

Overview 

Rex Woodbury is the Founder & Managing Partner at Daybreak in New York, specializing in investing in various sectors including Entertainment & Sports, Media/Content, FinTech, and Consumer Internet. With a background as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Rex has successfully invested in companies like Mad Realities at the seed stage, showcasing a strong track record in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Work Experience 

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Daybreak

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2023 - Current

    We're a first-check venture capital firm based in New York. Portfolio: – Alden: Agents for healthcare coordination – Continuum: AI for wealth advisors – Honeydew: Online dermatology & medical-grade skincare – Laborup: AI-native labor marketplace for manufacturing workers – Kinetic: AI-native foundry for consumer apps – Barnwell: Animal health intelligence to mitigate the spread of disease – Tally's Ranch: Real food for dogs – Stealth: AI tools for fertility clinics – Helium: AI for growth marketing, starting with paywall optimization – Marble Health: Marketplace for teens connecting with mental health providers – Hoop: End-to-end resale commerce – AfterHour: Money super-app, starting with social investing – Flagship: AI for influencer marketing – Parambil: AI for mass litigation law firms – Stealth: AI shopping platform – Amori: AI dating app, focused on match-makers – Sound Games: AI-native game publishing – Montra: Video creation and editing – Bixby: AI for general contractors – Stealth: Spatial intelligence for 3D content – Pathway: AI for restaurant workflows – MindMax: consumer AI for learning – DocShield: Fintech products for doctors

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Digital Native

  • Writing

    2020

    Weekly writing about how technology and people intersect, for a community of 70,000+ readers.

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Index Ventures

  • Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Index is a global multi-stage venture capital firm. On the consumer side, Index has partnered with companies like Revolut, Discord, Roblox, Patreon, Glossier, Etsy, & Robinhood. On the enterprise side, Index has partnered with companies like Figma, Wiz, Notion, Scale, Slack, Confluent, Plaid, Dropbox, & Datadog.

  • Principal

    2020 - 2022

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.

indexventures.com
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TPG

  • Growth Investing

    2017 - 2019

TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a series of funds.

Raised $535,598,425.00 from Macquarie Group, Ares Management, Nomura Holdings, Pierfront Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Partners Group and Barings.

tpg.com
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Goldman Sachs

  • Investment Banking

    2015 - 2017

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

goldmansachs.com

Education 

Investments 

Mad Realities

Seed

Total funding: $6M

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