Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in the next generation of AI-powered technology companies. With over 20 years of investing and transactional experience, Rudina has led technology investments and acquisitions in startup companies in enterprise SaaS, IT software and data, marketing technologies and robotics. Rudina’s investments include Basetwo, Celtra, CHAOSSEARCH, CrowdTwist (Acquired by Oracle), Featurebyte, Inrupt, SocialFlow, Verusen, and Reprise. Rudina is a Harvard Business School Executive Fellow and previously was appointed a Rock Venture Capital Partner and Entrepreneur-In-Residence. She is also a Member of the Business Leadership Council of Wellesley College.
Rudina's experience spans public company board roles to early-stage start-up board and advisory roles. She serves as am Independent Director for M&T Bank and MSC Industrial Supply Co. as well as the Chair Person of the Philanthropy Board for Boston Children’s Hospital. Rudina also serves as an Investor Director at six leading AI startups.
Rudina has been named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs List, Startup Boston’s 2022 Investor of the Year, Boston Business Journal Power 50: Newsmaker, a Women to Watch honoree by Mass High Tech, a Business Insider Most Important VC in Boston, and Top VC investing in AI and Machine Learning, and a Boston Business Journal 40-under-40 honoree for her professional accomplishments and community involvement. She graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College with a BA in Economics and International Relations and holds an MBA from HBS. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor societies.
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