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companies.</figcaption></figure><p id="4d2b" class="pw-post-body-paragraph no np gu nq b nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol gn bk">We’re delighted to announce that <a class="af om" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeredwards" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Edwards</a> is joining Root Ventures as a Venture Partner to help us deploy our <!-- -->second fund<!-- -->.</p><p id="9a31" class="pw-post-body-paragraph no np gu nq b nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol gn bk">Over the past few years, Lee has established himself as prolific angel investor with a personal portfolio that includes <a class="af om" href="http://skydio.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Skydio</a>, <a class="af om" href="http://lever.co" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Lever</a>, <a class="af om" href="http://common.net" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Common Networks</a>, <a class="af om" href="http://osmobot.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Osmo Systems</a>, <a class="af om" href="http://enzyme.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Enzyme</a>, and more. After we recently co-invested in a yet-to-be-announced enterprise IoT company, inviting him to work with Root Ventures was an obvious next step.</p><p id="fca8" class="pw-post-body-paragraph no np gu nq b nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol gn bk">Lee brings a breadth of technical and management experience to Root: he started his career as a mechanical engineer in <a class="af om" href="http://irobot.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">iRobot</a>’s Government & Industrial Robotics Division, working on autonomy for ground robotics (PackBot, Warrior, SUGV). He later jumped over to software as an engineer at <a class="af om" href="http://pivotal.io" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Pivotal Labs</a>, before roles as a Lead Engineer at SideTour (acquired by Groupon in 2013), engineering manager for GrouponLive, and VP Engineering and then CTO at <a class="af om" href="http://teespring.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Teespring</a>. Lee graduated from the Olin College of Engineering ’07 and now runs <a class="af om" href="http://parcelb.vc/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Parcel B</a>, a collective of alumni investing in Olin startups.</p><p id="ac59" class="pw-post-body-paragraph no np gu nq b nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol gn bk">It’s not often we find someone with mechanical engineering, software engineering, managerial, and investing experience — we can’t wait see what Lee will help our founders achieve. Lee will be based out of our office in San Francisco, where he will be investing in hard tech — including AI/ML, computer vision, robotics, and the future of work for engineers and creators of all kinds</p><p id="99ff" class="pw-post-body-paragraph no np gu nq b nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol gn bk">Outside of work, Lee is an avid drone pilot, science fiction enthusiast, and active organizer in the LGBT technology community in San Francisco.</p></div></div></div></div></section></div></div></article></div><div class="ab cb"><div class="ci bh fz ga gb gc"><div class="on oo ab ja"><div class="op ab"><a class="oq ay am ao" rel="noopener follow" href="/tag/venture-capital?source=post_page-----99d483d73fcf--------------------------------"><div class="or fj cx os ge ot ou bf b bg z bk ov">Venture Capital</div></a></div><div class="op ab"><a class="oq ay am ao" rel="noopener follow" 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