Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Rob is a partner at Hoxton Ventures. He represents the firm on the boards of Assetario, FabricNano, Kheiron Medical, LiliumX, NoMagic, Pear Bio, Preply, Spacelift and Vatic, and previously was on the board of Immunio (acquired by Trend Micro) and Campanja (acquired by 24/7 Media). He additionally works on Hoxton's interests in Deliveroo,

Babylon Health, Ochre Bio, Optimoroute, Raptor Supplies and Wanted.

Having spent most of his career in Silicon Valley, Rob came to London in 2008 to join the investments team at Fidelity Ventures, focusing on consumer internet and software-as-a-service sectors.

Prior to Fidelity, he was on the new business development team at Google and was previously a lead product manager for AdSense's front-end systems. While at Google, he also launched the AdWords pay-per-action (PPA) product and was actively involved in the acquisition of Feedburner in 2008.

Rob began his career in Intel's highly selective technical sales program where he worked to grow their entrepreneurial reseller channel in the Federal Government vertical and later in Latin America from Bogota and Miami Beach.

A dual US/UK national, he holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a Masters certificate in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Number of Investments 1
Rob Kniaz invested in LLUSTRE on Jul 1, 2012.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jul 1, 2012
LLUSTRE
Seed Round - LLUSTRE
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Rob Kniaz has exit - LLUSTRE.
  • LLUSTRE Llustre is an e-commerce business that designs and sells designer products and collections for homes.
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Rob Kniaz is the Partner at Hoxton Ventures. Additionally, Rob Kniaz has had 3 past jobs including Product Manager (AdSense) at Google.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Google
Product Manager (AdSense)
Intel
Latin America Market Development
Fidelity Ventures
Investments Team
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 11
Rob Kniaz holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Deblock, Board Member at Nomagic, and Board Member at Kheiron.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Babylon
Board Observer20152019
Campanja
Board MemberAug 2012
SocialMedia.com
Advisor
LLUSTRE
Board of Directors
Mavrx
Board Member
IMMUNIO
Board Member
JayCut
Advisor
Mainframe
Board Member
LLUSTRE
Board Member
Raptor Supplies
Board
Number of Events 2
Rob Kniaz has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Techsylvania 2019 on Jun 8, 2019.