Adeo Ressi

Adeo Ressi is CEO of Decile Group, powering the next generation of venture capital firms worldwide with an integrated offering of training, tools, support, and funding. Decile Group is the parent of the VC Lab venture capital accelerator, which helped to launch over 50% of all new manager firms in the last couple of years. Adeo is also Chairman at the Founder Institute, a pre-seed accelerator with chapters in over 250 cities worldwide and over 8,000 portfolio companies.

Adeo is working on innovation for good, which includes transforming venture capital into a force for good in the world. The Founder Institute aims for 80% of the portfolio companies to work on 'For Progress' businesses that address one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (https://FI.co/progress). VC Lab asks every venture firm that it works with to publicly support the Mensarius Oath, an ethical code of conduct for investment professionals (https://GoVCLab.com/mensarius).

Adeo has personally launched 14 venture capital funds and founded 11 startups, having nearly $2 billion in exits before the age of 30. He also created the SAFE note, called Convertible Equity, which he gave to Y Combinator. Adeo previously served on the Board of the X Prize foundation to pursue his interests in space exploration. He studied architecture and spent time living on a commune to explore his interests in designing better ways to live. Adeo is passionate about inspiring people to achieve their potential.