Joe Monahan

Chief Revenue Officer at Gear Up Sports, Inc. | Former Nike and Carhartt SVP

📍 Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2018
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Sep 2018
Rumpl is a Portland, OR-based company with a mission to introduce the world to better blankets. We pair technical materials found in premium outdoor gear with bold, exciting aesthetics to update a centuries-old and dated blanket category. Our products blur the line between indoor comfort and outdoor performance, keeping you comfortable anywhere you go, or when you don’t go anywhere. As a certified Benefit Corporation, we meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. We offset our entire carbon footprint each year and donate 1% of all sales to environmental causes. Check us out at www.Rumpl.com
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2018
Board Member
Sep 2018
Rumpl is a Portland, OR-based company with a mission to introduce the world to better blankets. We pair technical materials found in premium outdoor gear with bold, exciting aesthetics to update a centuries-old and dated blanket category. Our products blur the line between indoor comfort and outdoor performance, keeping you comfortable anywhere you go, or when you don’t go anywhere. As a certified Benefit Corporation, we meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. We offset our entire carbon footprint each year and donate 1% of all sales to environmental causes. Check us out at www.Rumpl.com
Investor
2018
Founded in 2007, the Oregon Venture Fund is a community supported, professionally managed, collaborative venture capital fund backed by the leaders of the regions business, technology, and entrepreneurial communities. Pitchbook consistently places OVF in the top 25% of all global venture funds (2025). OVF invests $15-20 million annually in the most promising startups and growth companies, regardless of stage or sector, in Oregon and Southern Washington. Learn more about OVF in our quick overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiH6O4BEp0 Over 6500+ jobs have been created by the 90 companies in the portfolio. Some of OVF’s largest investors include the State of Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation, and Meyer Memorial Trust. In 2023, the group launched Oregon Venture Fund XV, to accommodate additional institutional investors and family offices. The $25M+ fund has a 5-year investing period and invests alongside each annual Oregon Venture Fund in the same portfolio. OVF receives generous support from Tonkon Torp LLP, Geffen Mesher & Co., and Stoel Rives.
2017
Monahan Consulting, LLC
Principal
Mar 2017