# Tom Kosnik

> Tom Kosnik is a startup investor at R3I Ventures (Palo Alto). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [R3I Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r3intell)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkosnik
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tjkosnik
- Website: https://profiles.stanford.edu/thomas-kosnik
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tom.kosnik

Tom Kosnik is a startup investor at R3I Ventures in Palo Alto. Tom Kosnik joined FoundersX Ventures as Partner in 2016.Tom Kosnik is a Fenwick and West Consulting Professor, Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), at Stanford School of Engineering. He is an International Advisor for National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Centre, and a cofounder of Gear Up Ventures, a global partnership thathelps entrepreneurs in organizations large and small to create new markets and disrupt existing markets. His current courses include Global Entrepreneurial Marketing, Technology Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, and Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Program. He taught Marketing at Harvard Business School from 1985-89, and launched HBS's Entrepreneurial Marketing course in1995-97.Education:BA in History and International Relations, Duke University (1972), MBA, University of Virginia (1977), Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business (1986).

## About R3I Ventures

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5 contacts available at R3I Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eugene Shteyn | Board Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-shteyn |
| Leesa Soulodre | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leesa-soulodre |
| Mark Gustowski | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-gustowski |
| Tom Kosnik | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-kosnik |
| Tom Kosnik | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-kosnik-6ef6 |

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