Andrew Rothaus

I build and invest in consumer brands where the moat is real science.

EPA-registered a new insect repellent. Named inventor on a US patent. NSF SBIR. HBS New Venture Competition winner. Before that, FX derivatives trader at Macquarie. Yale economics, Harvard MBA.

Brands

• Longsleeve · insect repellent that feels like skincare, EPA registered
• Mounia · haircare, 10,000+ units sold

Also built

• Human on a Bicycle · the world's first human-powered AI cloud
• Nature Simulator · outside, without the outside.
• BAIT! · a personal insect attractant. The opposite of Longsleeve, on purpose.

Investing

• L'Onvie · Venture Partner at the clinical beauty incubator behind $300M in portfolio sales
• Angel investor since 2014 · consumer brands and six Broadway productions, including Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Patent

• Tissue Bonding Insect Repellent · US 11,470,843 B2, granted 2022. Named inventor. USPTO correction →

Elsewhere

LinkedIn · andrew@rotha.us

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