Investing Profile

Rob Ness(201)

VCInvestor

General Partner at Asymmetry Ventures

asymmetry.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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13 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Arjun Arora (Expa), Paige Craig (Outlander Labs), and 10 other investors on Signal.

Networks Rob is a member of
Harvard University Network
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Harvard University Network
166 CONNECTIONS
Georgetown University Network
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UC Berkeley Network
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Booz Allen Hamilton Network
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Current Investing Position
Asymmetry Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$125K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
1

Rob Ness is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Rob Ness's Investments On Record (1)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mycroft
Seed RoundJan 2018$1.8M
$6.8M
Co-investors: Albert Wenger (Union Square Ventures), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), J J (GreaterGoodSociety)

most interested in

I'm a VC & angel investor with 120+ deals done. My fund, Asymmetry Ventures, focuses on seed-stage deals. I also founded and currently manage an AngelList syndicate of 1600 accredited investors. Our syndicate deploys checks of $100K - $300K into exceptional early-stage ventures. I love deep tech (e.g. life sci/biotech; med devices & healthcare; AI; hardware & IoT). And in general, I love startups with strong early traction (ideally revenues - but user and usage traction are great too).

not interested in

As a rule, I don't invest in pre-seed companies. But I'd be thrilled to meet talented founders at the pre-seed stage, and get to know them as they take early steps in building their ventures!

Rob Ness's Experience

General Partner Asymmetry Ventures2018 - Present
Civil Affairs Branch; Engineer Branch US Army2003 - Present
Manager Capgemini2016 - 2018
Project Lead Grant Thornton LLP2013 - 2016
Senior Consultant Booz Allen Hamilton2010 - 2013
Research Associate Economic Competitiveness Group2001 - 2003

Rob Ness's Education

Harvard University
Harvard Kennedy School of Government MPA in Development Economics
Georgetown University MPS in Development and Finance (ABT)
UC Berkeley BA (Highest Honors) in Economics, Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Child Health
Harvard University MPA Development Economics