Tom Wisniewski backs software companies early — and lets the winners compound.
Partner at RosePaul Ventures, the family-office fund of Tom Wisniewski. Board director at New York Angels. He teaches founders how to raise at General Assembly.
What $1 became.
Four realized exits from the RosePaul portfolio, drawn to scale. Taller bar, bigger return.
RosePaul / Tom Wisniewski angel exits: Jackpocket ~85x (DraftKings), Pond5 ~60x (Accel/Stripes), Anvato ~19x (Google), LiveLook ~5x (Oracle).
Thirty years of building, advising, and backing.
Tom started as a programmer at Morgan Stanley, moved into investment banking, then joined Mitchell Madison Group — the McKinsey spinoff — in 1993. Over seven years the firm grew to more than 1,000 people across 15 offices before USWeb/CKS acquired it in 2000.
From there he went to Walker Digital, Jay Walker’s internet incubator, then spent a decade advising venture capital and private equity firms on portfolio turnarounds — seeing, from the inside, why companies work and why they don’t.
That experience became RosePaul Ventures, his family-office fund for full-time seed investing. Along the way he co-founded Newark Venture Partners, a $50M fund and accelerator in downtown Newark, where he served as Managing Director.
BA in Physics & Philosophy, Clark University · MBA, Tuck School at Dartmouth · Read the full story →
What RosePaul looks for.
- Sector
- Software-enabled businesses
- Stage
- Seed — product built, some market validation
- Check
- $25K–$250K, follows on opportunistically
- Terms
- Pre-money $5M or less; rounds of $500K–$1.5M
Portfolio.
A selection of RosePaul companies. Each links to the company’s site; realized exits are marked.
Fund positions.
Tom also invests as a Limited Partner in:
Teaching.
He teaches fundraising and entrepreneurship at General Assembly in NYC and speaks often on how founders should raise. See his talks & writing →