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The VC Firm That Built a 2,000-Person Backchannel
Crosslink Capital sells founders something harder to wire than money: trusted access. Its Alpha network turns private dinners, operator introductions and three decades of investing into a practical company-building machine.
Richy Nelson
Richy Nelson is the co-founder and CEO of Roofr, the cloud-based operating system for roofing contractors. A third-generation roofer who first climbed a roof at twelve years old, Nelson transformed decades of hands-on industry experience into a platform trusted by over 12,000 roofing companies across North America. After selling his house to fund the company, surviving Y Combinator in 2017, and raising a Series B from TCV and ABC Supply in January 2025, he leads a 150-person remote team on a mission to build the most trusted roofing platform in the world.