Rollins Stallworth III
Community Builder.
Venture Investor.
From Stanford, to helping build a tech advisory firm through acquisition, to investing at a top-performing early-stage venture fund, each step has shaped how I invest. I’ve been fortunate to benefit from extraordinary family, mentors, coaches, teammates, founders, and opportunities along the way. I aim to pay those blessings forward by leading with relationships, gratitude, curiosity, and disciplined execution to help founders build enduring companies that shape industries and the world around us.
- Silicon Valley
- 15 years 2 Stanford degrees · 2 sports
- Operator
- 10 years Working alongside Founders
- Investor
- 5 years Full cycle venture experience
It All Starts with Trust.
I show up long before there’s anything to transact. I bring great people together, build authentic communities, and earn trust over time. The partnerships, investments, and opportunities are the byproduct. Founders don’t just choose investors. They choose partners.
My right to win comes down to three things:
Trusted Relationships
Trusted relationships create access to exceptional people, partnerships and opportunities.
Systems & Execution
Disciplined systems and follow-through turn long-term vision into repeatable results.
Technical & Commercial Fluency
Technical depth meets commercial judgment to turn product vision into business traction.
Trust Is Built by Showing Up.
I believe trust is earned through consistent action. Show up. Follow through. Lead with value. Repeat. Over time, those small moments become trusted relationships, and those relationships become the foundation for everything that follows.
Rooted at Stanford. Embedded in Silicon Valley.
Walk-on to scholarship athlete. Two Stanford degrees. Fifteen years later, Stanford remains the foundation of a network that has grown across Silicon Valley, where relationships, trust, and opportunity continue to compound.
From representing student-athletes nationally on NIL policy and meeting President Obama to mentoring Stanford founders today, my Stanford community has continued to compound.
- 8+
- communities engaged
- 20+
- speaking and mentorship opportunities
- 500+
- students impacted
Systems Turn Relationships into Opportunity.
My ability to source opportunities is built on years of earning trust, showing up consistently, staying genuinely curious, and developing the judgment and systems to recognize and connect with exceptional founders early.
- 1,000s+
- Companies tracked per year
- 200+
- Founder conversations per year
- 81
- qualified opportunities sourced
People Drive Conviction.
Every investment starts with the founder. I’m looking for N-of-1 founders with a unique insight into a meaningful problem, operating in markets with real tailwinds, and building products that solve severe pain.
Why this matters
My investment philosophy has evolved alongside one of the most significant platform shifts in history. That perspective influences how I evaluate founders, identify emerging markets, and recognize the businesses most likely to create enduring value.
Full-Cycle Experience at a Top-Performing Fund.
Helped build one of the strongest-performing early-stage funds in its vintage, with broad ownership across sourcing, diligence, portfolio support, and firm building. A lean, concentrated team meant helping build both the portfolio and the firm behind it.
Venture Experience
Adding Value When It Matters Most.
Working alongside founders to understand what they need, knowing when to lean in, and activating my network with intention, from key hires and customers to capital and tough decisions.
Helped founders identify leadership needs and strategically build and empower their teams. At AI infra company Union.ai, I helped fill an identified leadership gap by activating my network to source the candidate who became Head of Sales Engineering.
Using Blessings to Be a Blessing.
An attitude of gratitude shapes how I live. I’ve been blessed far more than I’ve earned, and I try to pay that forward by investing in people, building community, and showing up for others.
Continue the Conversation
Thanks for spending a little time getting to know me. The best relationships don’t start with a pitch. They start with curiosity, conversation, and trust. My hope is that this gave you a small glimpse into who I am, what I care about, and how I try to create value.
If you’d like to keep exploring, ask a question, connect on LinkedIn, shoot me an email, schedule a conversation, or whatever is clever, I’d love to connect.