Our team
![Portrait of Tadzio Smith](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/654281d493aeaf4f8b45b07c_tadzio-smith.jpg)
Tadzio Smith
Co-Founder & CEO
![Portrait of Van Jones](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/654281d3bbf841d7f2afce75_van-jones.jpg)
Van Jones
Co-Founder & President
Too often, tech divides us.
Rapport brings us together.
Rapport brings us together.
After 2020, it became obvious that people at work were struggling. The distance and divisions were making it difficult for companies to succeed. It was clear the tools for the modern workplace hadn’t been built yet.
Luckily, Van Jones—with his decade-long track record of building bridges, and Tadzio Smith—with two successful and highly human AI-driven tech startups under his belt, chose that time to come together.
Van and Tadzio founded Rapport with one goal: instead of using AI to divide and distract they would use it to bring people together.
Institutional investors
![Wisdom Ventures logo](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/6539896ff3a01a7ebf146f51_logo-wisdom-ventures%402x.png)
![Unlikely Collaborators logo](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/65398970251abbc84c2948a0_logo-unlikely-collaborators%402x.png)
Individual investors include
Reid Hoffman
Co-founder, LinkedIn
Ursula Burns
Former CEO, Xerox
David Ellison
CEO, Skydance Media
Sandra Hurse
CHRO, GCM Grosvenor
James Slavet
Partner, Greylock
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Co-founder, Andela
Advisors
![Portrait of Kim Seymour](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/6541a47f8445e02876a62c6a_kim-seymour.jpg)
Kim Seymour
CHRO, Etsy
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Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale
Global IDE Advisor
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Dr. Shirley Davis
CEO, SDS Global
![Portrait of Nancy Lublin](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/6541a4809c48d6d9eeca9378_nancy-lublin.jpg)
Nancy Lublin
Innovator & Entrepreneur
![Portrait of Gina Giambanco](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/6541a47f59580e50bcc90ad6_gina-giambanco.jpg)
Gina Giambanco
Senior Manager, LRN
![Portrait of Caedmon Somers](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65383ce665b186642860bec0/6541a47fdb4e3c753185bcc2_caedmon-somers.jpg)
Caedmon Somers
AI Specialist, AAA Games
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