Cyriac Roeding

Cyriac Roeding (born March 26, 1973) is an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, who builds and invests in startups together with venture capitalists that drive change in the world at scale. Roeding's focus areas are consumer businesses, software meets biology, brain-to-machine interfaces, AI and consumer robotics, in the U.S. and China. He is a former EVP of CBS (NYSE: CBS), where he started the division CBS Mobile, and an entrepreneur-in-residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers., where he co-founded and led shopkick to >20 million users and a $250M cash acquisition by SK Telecom/SK Planet (Fortune 100 from South Korea).. Shopkick is a mobile shopping app that rewards users for just walking into retail stores such as Macy’s, Best Buy, Target Corporation and scanning products from Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Unilever, Pepsi, L'Oreal.. Fast Company ranked shopkick one of the world's 10 Most Innovative Companies In Retail by Fast Company, along with Apple and Starbucks. Nielsen ranked it the most widely used shopping app in the real world, driving over $1B in sales annually for its partners. The World Economic Forum named Roeding a Tech Pioneer in 2013. Roeding is a Limited Partner in Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, KPCB, IVP, ZhenFund (China), SV Angel, Silicon Valley Bank. He is a direct investor and advisor in over a dozen startups, including LTSE (Long-Term Stock Exchange), Karma Science (acquired by Facebook), Cardspring (acquired by Twitter), Grofers, Curbside, Zumper, Brilliant. He is frequently included on innovation topics such as Chinese vs Silicon Valley startups on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, has published on these topics e.