Rudy Cline-Thomas

Rudolph “Rudy” Cline-Thomas is the Founder and Managing Partner of Mastry, Inc. (www.mastryinc.com), a multistage venture fund which counts the top CEOs, world-class athletes, and influencers as limited partners to assist in creating top-tier platform-building opportunities. Mastry has invested in more than 70 companies including Robinhood, Marqeta, Grab, Allbirds, Uber, PagerDuty, Zoom, Cloudflare, Jumia, Qualtrics, Zuora, Hippo, Carta, HIMS, Datadog, GOAT, and Klarna. Most recently, Rudy was an executive producer of the 2021 Sports Emmy-nominated “The Scheme,” HBO’s riveting look at the underbelly of college basketball. The revealing and no-holds-barred documentary, which focused on the federal government’s three-year investigation into college basketball corruption, premiered on March 31, 2020. In 2017, Rudy founded the annual Players Technology Summit, which brings together leaders in the technology, venture capital, and sports communities to discuss tech investing, trends, partnerships, and future sports/tech initiatives. Rudy serves on the Salesforce Global Advisory Board and is a strategic advisor to Gucci and board advisor for Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA) and Zuora (NYSE: ZUO). He also sits on the advisory board of Global Communities and is a member of the board of trustees for Providence College, where he earned his college degree. Rudy Cline-Thomas works and resides in New York City and San Francisco.