Ron Palmeri

Ron Palmeri is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur. In 2011, Palmeri co-founded Prism Skylabs, a technology company that optimizes offline commerce.[1] The founders he works with describe him as a "dedicated coach who gives excellent advice."[2]

Ron Palmeri
Born
New York City
OccupationVenture capitalist
Years active2005–present
EmployerRon Palmeri
Known forPrism Skylabs
Minor Ventures

Biography

Palmeri was born in New York, New York. He graduated from Middlebury College with Bachelor of Arts degrees in both History and French, and also attended SciencesPo in Paris. He moved to San Francisco, California after college.

Minor Venutures

Previously, Palmeri ran Minor Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm.[2][3] In 2012, Palmeri began MkII Ventures, which provided funding for Prism Skylabs.[4]

Layer

Palmeri is a Co-Founder of Layer, winner of Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2013.[5] Layer is a communications platform for the internet.

gollark: No network roundtrip as in a client/server database, and no open syscall like in plain files.
gollark: SQLite *is* very fast.
gollark: I'm working in Rust, which is very fast, and using performance-optimized libraries, but that doesn't mean that if I make stupid design decisions it'll run fast.
gollark: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.
gollark: DokuWiki is somewhat slow and patches over it with ugly caching stuff.

References
  1. Rao, Leena (October 16, 2012). "Video Surveillance And Retail Analytics Startup Prism Skylabs Raises $7.5M Andreessen Horowitz, Triangle Peak And Others". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  2. Gage, Deborah. "After Minor Ventures Ron Palmeri Rebuilds". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  3. Max, Sarah (May 27, 2013). "Entrepreneurs Help Build Start-Ups by the Batch". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  4. Eldon, Eric (April 11, 2012). "From Minor Ventures To Big Leagues — Keep Your Eye On Ron Palmeri's Latest Firm, MkII Ventures". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  5. Velazco, Chris (September 11, 2013). "And The Winner Of Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2013 Is...Layer!". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved November 9, 2013.


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