Michal Rosenn, former general counsel of Kickstarter. Photo by Annie Tritt. |

Kickstarter general counsel Michal Rosenn has departed the New York-based crowdfunding company.

Rosenn started a new general counsel role with San Francisco-based Expa Monday.

Expa, its website says, is a “global network of entrepreneurs helping each other build companies.” Expa, founded by Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Garrett Camp, helps companies “avoid common pitfalls in early-stage ventures, and actively remove roadblocks along the way,” according to its website, which specifies Expa is neither an incubator nor a VC.

Rosenn will continue to be based in New York, but will spend time in the company's San Francisco and Vancouver offices as well, Expa spokesperson Brendan Lewis confirmed.

“We're incredibly excited to have Michal join us as our first-ever general counsel,” Lewis said. “Her breadth of experience is already of enormous benefit to Expa itself, and the wide variety of companies in our portfolio.”

Rosenn's last day at Kickstarter was Nov. 3, company spokesman Justin Kazmark confirmed, noting there will be a search for Rosenn's replacement.

Kazmark said Rosenn “made an indelible mark on Kickstarter” and “was an important part of our leadership team.” He added, “Expa is lucky to have her.”

Kickstarter currently has one other in-house attorney, Candace Martin, who has served as commercial counsel since January 2016.

Rosenn, who did not immediately respond for comment, started at Kickstarter in 2012 as deputy general counsel and assumed the role of general counsel in September 2015.

She was instrumental in Kickstarter's transition to become a public benefit corporation in the fall of 2015 and has been actively involved in policy issues, particularly within the tech sector, such as net neutrality and President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting majority-Muslim countries.

In a 2016 interview, Rosenn shared that she first joined Kickstarter because “I knew that I wanted to be at a company that I cared about, and I started looking at very small, creative tech companies, because I wanted a certain level of creativity in the job. With Kickstarter, it's not this traditional tech company. It's also an arts company. It's a place where engineers are artists on the side, and where engagement with culture is really the defining aspect.”

Michal Rosenn, former general counsel of Kickstarter. Photo by Annie Tritt. |

Kickstarter general counsel Michal Rosenn has departed the New York-based crowdfunding company.

Rosenn started a new general counsel role with San Francisco-based Expa Monday.

Expa, its website says, is a “global network of entrepreneurs helping each other build companies.” Expa, founded by Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Garrett Camp, helps companies “avoid common pitfalls in early-stage ventures, and actively remove roadblocks along the way,” according to its website, which specifies Expa is neither an incubator nor a VC.

Rosenn will continue to be based in New York, but will spend time in the company's San Francisco and Vancouver offices as well, Expa spokesperson Brendan Lewis confirmed.

“We're incredibly excited to have Michal join us as our first-ever general counsel,” Lewis said. “Her breadth of experience is already of enormous benefit to Expa itself, and the wide variety of companies in our portfolio.”

Rosenn's last day at Kickstarter was Nov. 3, company spokesman Justin Kazmark confirmed, noting there will be a search for Rosenn's replacement.

Kazmark said Rosenn “made an indelible mark on Kickstarter” and “was an important part of our leadership team.” He added, “Expa is lucky to have her.”

Kickstarter currently has one other in-house attorney, Candace Martin, who has served as commercial counsel since January 2016.

Rosenn, who did not immediately respond for comment, started at Kickstarter in 2012 as deputy general counsel and assumed the role of general counsel in September 2015.

She was instrumental in Kickstarter's transition to become a public benefit corporation in the fall of 2015 and has been actively involved in policy issues, particularly within the tech sector, such as net neutrality and President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting majority-Muslim countries.

In a 2016 interview, Rosenn shared that she first joined Kickstarter because “I knew that I wanted to be at a company that I cared about, and I started looking at very small, creative tech companies, because I wanted a certain level of creativity in the job. With Kickstarter, it's not this traditional tech company. It's also an arts company. It's a place where engineers are artists on the side, and where engagement with culture is really the defining aspect.”