Jesse Rodgers
Founder
Barn Ventures
Jesse Rodgers runs Builders Club, a curated coworking space and community in Kitchener-Waterloo built on the idea that concentrating exceptional people in one room beats any program or credential. He’s also the founder of Barn Ventures, an early-stage fund that backs founders he often meets long before they’re raising. A University of Waterloo alum, he’s spent the better part of a decade building and investing in that ecosystem — and both projects run on the same bet: proximity to the right people is the thing that compounds.