Primary Job Title Co-founder & Managing Partner Primary Organization 
Nextstage Capital
Gender Male
Investor Type
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Rob brings 20 years of venture capital, operational, and financial experience to NextStage. His work with emerging businesses includes strategy development and implementation, financial analysis and modeling, management development, and positioning.
Prior to co-founding NextStage, Rob was a vice president and officer of Safeguard Scientifics
(NYSE: SFE), a publicly traded venture capital firm. There, he was instrumental in the development of numerous technology companies, from early stage through public entity.
As a part of this role, he sourced, structured, and negotiated greater than $100 million in investments for Safeguard's portfolio and led $380 million in mergers, acquisitions and exits. Rob was responsible for designing and executing Safeguard's investment strategy for the communications software and services industry segment, including technology-specific investment platforms in voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) and wireless middleware applications.
Rob led Safeguard portfolio companies through the strategic planning, product development, and commercialization processes; recruitment of various CxO management positions; and development of strategic alliances, mergers, and acquisitions. Rob was also a member of Safeguard's investment committee.
