Marie Rocha

Advisory Council Member at Connecticut Public

Stamford, Connecticut

Overview

Marie Rocha is the Co-Founder of Realist Lab, a fellowship program dedicated to supporting non-technical entrepreneurs, and Realist Ventures. She has invested in companies like Heart to Heart and Grid at the pre-seed stage, showcasing a strong commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in sectors like cybersecurity and biotech.

Work Experience

Realist Lab

Founder
2021 - Current
Realist Lab is a fellowship program with a mission to support non-technical entrepreneurs. We are starting in Connecticut. The lab has established a data and empathy-driven forward-thinking, supportive, efficient, and self-sustaining ecosystem that addresses founders' comprehensive needs at the earliest stages of their business lifecycle.

Realist Lab is reinventing obsolete corporate models and using innovation to create a more fair future.

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Realist Ventures

Co-Founder
2018
CT-based venture fund, Realist Ventures strategically invests in founders and ideas at the development, seed, and early stage of Saas, technology and software companies. We invest in companies that are capital efficient with realistic valuations of progress today and in the future. Our pragmatic approach aligns both founders and investors in a trajectory for optimal returns and success.