# Rodrigo Schmidt

> Rodrigo Schmidt is a seed investor at Meta (San Francisco Bay Area) backing Software and Freelance. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Meta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meta)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigoschmidt/

Rodrigo Schmidt is a seed investor at Meta in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Freelance. Rodrigo Schmidt is the Head Of Engineering at Meta. He attended EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.8M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Freelance | 1 | 25% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 25% |
| Social Network | 1 | 25% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Openlayer | Openlayer is helping ML teams build the future of reliable, performant, and ethical machine learning. | $4.8M | Seed | May 04, 2023 |  |
| Torre.ai | Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities. | $16M | Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| Torre.ai | Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities. | $16M | Pre-Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| Torre.ai | Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities. | $7M | Seed | Oct 31, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Simma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simma-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Emma Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MatterScale Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matterscale-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Salkantay Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salkantay-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Beta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beta-ventures-ac24) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Meta

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

At Meta, they work on landmark AI challenges that have the power to transform how scientific knowledge is experienced and consumed. Meta provides innovators throughout the scientific ecosystem with powerful views of the current and future trajectories of science and technology with the goal of making all scientific knowledge computable. Meta’smission is to unlock all of the world’s scientific and technical insights using artificial intelligence.

5 contacts available at Meta.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AJ Frank | Senior Director of Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aj-frank |
| Anders Bo Pedersen | Engineering Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anders-bo-pedersen |
| Andreas Gross | Product Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-gross |
| Christopher Chedeau | Front-end Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-chedeau |
| David Fischer | Vice President of Advertising and Global Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-fischer-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Rodrigo Schmidt invest in?

Rodrigo Schmidt invests primarily in Software, Freelance and Recruiting startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rodrigo Schmidt's check size?

Rodrigo Schmidt typically joins rounds of $4.8M–$16M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rodrigo Schmidt participates in.

### When did Rodrigo Schmidt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rodrigo Schmidt closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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