Robert is a Co-founder and General Partner of Information Venture Partners. Robert has spent his career in numerous progressive roles in capital markets and the past 24 years leading investments in enterprise software and FinTech.
Robert currently serves on the boards of the following Information Venture Partners companies: Flybits, Jirav, Procurify, ThoughtExchange, Arteria.ai, and is a board observer for Helcim. Prior board positions include those with Adaptive Insights (acquired by Workday, Inc.), PostBeyond (acquired by Influitive), Igloo Software (acquired by Frontier Capital), Varicent Software (acquired by IBM), Verafin Software (acquired by Nasdaq), YayPay (acquired by Quadient) and Q4 (TSX:QFOR).
Prior to Information Venture Partners, Robert worked at Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) Venture Partners as a Managing Director and led investments in software and technology companies. Robert was previously Vice President at BMO Nesbitt Burns Equity Partners and Executive Director of CIBC Capital Partners’ Silicon Valley office in Menlo Park.
Robert is a Co-Founder and Director of the Upside Foundation of Canada (www.upsidefoundation.ca), a role for which he was awarded the Ted Anderson award for community service by the Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA). He is the past chair of several non-profits including Distress Centres of Toronto and Flemingdon Neighbourhood Services.
Robert has broad industry experience, including roles in equity research, institutional sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. Robert is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics related to innovation and entrepreneurship. Robert has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and a Certified Investment Manager.
