Renegade Partners

All investment decisions are made by the two co-founders, Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek. They operate as equal managing partners with no additional investment committee members or junior investing partners. The firm explicitly describes itself as founder-led, and its decision-making is designed to be fast and unlayered.

Renegade sources through the networks of its two co-founders, each of whom has spent over a decade in venture. Quintini's relationships trace through Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital, and the Stanford endowment; Wincek's through her operator and scientist networks. The firm does not disclose a proprietary sourcing engine, and its small portfolio size implies most allocations come from founder referrals and targeted thesis-driven outreach.

Annie Duke, the former professional poker champion and author of 'Thinking in Bets' and 'Quit,' serves as Special Partner focused on Decision Science. Her primary function is to work with the firm on debiasing its investment process — Renegade tracks and analyzes its decisions retrospectively to identify bias patterns and improve judgment quality over time. She is not an investment decision-maker and does not sit on boards.

Renegade leads and co-leads early-stage rounds. One founder testimonial on the firm's site references co-leading a seed round, and the firm describes itself as providing 'unshakable conviction' and hands-on partnership. The $2–10 million check size at Series A is consistent with a lead or active co-lead posture.

Renegade embeds an operating partner, Susan Alban, as a full-time Chief People Officer. She works directly with portfolio companies on people operations, organizational scaling, and recruiting. The firm also provides strategic guidance through the co-founders, who remain directly involved with founders post-investment — one testimonial notes same-day responsiveness from the partners.

Two differences stand out. First, the firm caps each fund at 20 companies, which is significantly smaller than most early-stage venture portfolios, forcing a high-concentration model. Second, Renegade has a dedicated decision-science practice led by Annie Duke, applying structured debiasing protocols to its investment process — an unusual commitment to process accountability at the partnership level.

Renegade invests broadly across enterprise and consumer technology, with its website tagging AI/ML, fintech, infrastructure, vertical SaaS, and consumer technology as focus areas. The firm gravitates toward 'markets that matter,' where software becomes critical infrastructure rather than novelty — defense, aviation, industrial code management, and real asset tokenization are all represented in its known portfolio.