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Robert Whitby-smith

Partner at AlbionVC

London, England

Overview 

Robert Whitby-Smith is a Partner at AlbionVC in London, England, specializing in venture capital, mergers, corporate finance, and private equity. With a notable track record of successful investments in companies like Instinct Digital and Diffblue, Robert has a strong background in due diligence, IPOs, and financial modeling. As a Partner at AlbionVC, Robert has made significant contributions to the firm's investment portfolio, particularly in sectors like DeepTech and FinTech, and has played key roles in the success of companies such as Speechmatics and Grapeshot.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2005 - Current

    Tech VC

  • Investor

    2024

    Digital sales room and customer onboarding software (to boost enterprise sales)

  • Investor and board observer

    2024

    Automation of fund and client reporting for asset managers.

  • Investor

    2024

    The global platform for transacting commercial real estate

  • Investor and board observer

    2024

    Transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet.

  • Investor

    2023

    Automates product life cycle assessment and enables collaborative decarbonisation across the food supply chain.

  • Investor

    2011

    Democratising academic research. Coinvestors include Spark Capital (US)

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Raised $61,800,000.00 from Khosla Ventures, Global Investors, Tencent, Peter Mobbs, Spark Capital, Five Sigma, Greyrock Investments and True Ventures.

  • Director

    2016

    Data orchestration and lead management for clients including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce.

  • Investor and board observer

    2022

    Deterministic unit test generation (including fully autonomous java unit test creation). Coinvestors include IP Group and Parkwalk

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