Investing Profile

Robert Leshner(153)

VCInvestor

Partner at Robot Ventures

robvc.comNew York, New York

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Robert Leshner's investing connections

Connected to 17 investors on Signal.

Networks Robert is a member of

Top-Patents Network

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Top-Patents Network

1032 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

University of Pennsylvania Network

456 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Robot Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $3.0M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$4M

Robert Leshner is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

San Francisco Bay Area Investors who were founders Investors who invested in diverse founders Investors who invested in female founders New York City Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed)Robotics (Pre-seed)Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed)FinTech (Pre-seed)

Robert Leshner's Investments On Record (31)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Forum Markets	Post Ipo EquityJul 2025$430M	$430M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures)
Fantom Foundation	Series UnknownMay 2024$10M	$50M
Co-investors: Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Fernando Martinelli (Balancer Labs), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures)
Degen War$	SeedMay 2024
Co-investors: Marc Weinstein (Mechanism Capital)
Bonsai	SeedApr 2024$1M	$8.1M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Spencer Noon (Variant (variant.fund)), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Daren Cotter (Personal mini family office), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc))
INIT Capital	SeedFeb 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Ken Deeter (Electric Capital), Ashwin Ramachandran (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Julian Koh (Ribbon Finance)
Blocknative	Series ADec 2022$15M Series AJul 2021$12M	$34M
Co-investors: Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Queenie Wu (IOSG Ventures), Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital LLC), Seth Levine (Brand Foundry Ventures), Adam Krongold (Overtly Covert), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), David Hoffman
Goldsky	SeedSep 2022$21M	$21M
Co-investors: Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), William Hockey (The Column Group), Zach Perret (Mischief Venture Capital), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co)
Empiric Network	SeedJul 2022$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Tekin Salimi (dao5), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures)

most interested in

Crypto & blockchain

Robert Leshner's Experience

Co Chair University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Partner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Project Manager DiscoverPresent

Principal Cerity PartnersPresent

Co Chair Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Founder Compound LabsPresent

Partner Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

CEO SuperstatePresent

Co Chair Top-PatentsPresent

Partner Top-PatentsPresent

Project Manager Discover Financial ServicesPresent

Principal HPM Partners LLCPresent

Founder Safe ShepherdPresent

Product Lead Postmates by UberPresent

Co Chair San Francisco Revenue Bond Oversight CommitteePresent

Partner Robot VenturesPresent

CEO Compound2017 - 2023

Robert Leshner's Education

University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts Economics

University of Pennsylvania B.A. Economics

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