Roble Ventures

Roble Ventures invests in early-stage work technologies.

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Interfere	$3.0M Seed	—	AIX Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Designer Fund, Fellows Fund, Hummingbird Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Rebel Fund, The Hit Forge, Threshold Ventures, Y Combinator, Guillermo Rauch, James Isilay, Jared Leto, Michael Stoppelman, Peter Kazanjy, Steve Chen, Tom Blomfield, Wayne Crosby
Oct 1, 2025	Woz	$6.0M Seed	—	Fellows Fund, Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, James Isilay, Michael Stoppelman, Peter Kazanjy, Wayne Crosby
Sep 1, 2025	Hyperbound	$15.0M Series A	—	Alt Capital, Better Capital, Fellows Fund, Hidden Capital, Index Ventures, Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, Christian Reber, James Isilay, Kunal Shah, Michael Stoppelman, Peter Kazanjy, Tom Blomfield, Wayne Crosby
Jun 1, 2025	Interfere	$2.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Designer Fund, Felicis Ventures, Fellows Fund, Greylock, Hummingbird Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Otherwise Fund, Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, Guillermo Rauch, James Isilay, Michael Stoppelman, Paul Graham, Peter Kazanjy, Tom Blomfield, Wayne Crosby
May 1, 2025	Owner	$120.0M Series C	—	AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Browder Capital, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Citi Ventures, Conversion Capital, CP Ventures, FJ Labs, Footprint Coalition, Forgepoint Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Hercules Capital, Ignition Partners, Jetstream, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Montage Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, Susa Ventures, TCV, TechAviv Founder Partners, The Hit Forge, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Amjad Masad, Azeem Azhar, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Gokul Rajaram, Hippolyte Genet, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Mark Gillespie, Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Nik Sharma, Parker Conrad, Sagi Paz, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, William Hockey
Mar 1, 2025	Woz	$500K Seed	—	Fellows Fund, Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, James Isilay, Michael Stoppelman, Peter Kazanjy, Wayne Crosby
Dec 1, 2024	Freshcon	$230K Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Ignition Partners, Montage Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Hippolyte Genet
Sep 1, 2024	Arcjet	$4.0M Seed	—	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital Group, Fellows Fund, Greylock, Hoxton Ventures, Next47, Oren Yunger, Obvious Ventures, Rebel Fund, REMUS Capital, S28 Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Seedcamp, Shield Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, Silicon Valley Connect, Team8, Tekton Ventures, TY, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Alice Lloyd George, Arash Ferdowsi, Drew Houston, George Hu, James Isilay, Jonathan Siegel, Michael Stoppelman, Nitay Joffe, Ott Kaukver, Peter Kazanjy, Shane Curran, Tom Blomfield, Wayne Crosby
May 1, 2024	Pythagora	$4.0M Seed	—	3VC, 500 Emerging Europe, AME Cloud Ventures, Fellows Fund, Inovo VC, Moonfire Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Rebel Fund, Sapphire Ventures, Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Arash Ferdowsi, Dan Siroker, James Isilay, Kulveer Taggar, Marius Istrate, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Max Tatton-Brown, Michael Stoppelman, Pete Koomen, Peter Kazanjy, Tom Blomfield, Wayne Crosby
Jan 1, 2024	Owner	$33.0M Series B	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Antler, Balderton Capital, Benchmark, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Browder Capital, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Citi Ventures, Conversion Capital, CP Ventures, E1 Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, FJ Labs, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Framework Ventures, FTX Ventures, Greylock, HOF Capital, Ignition Partners, Kindred Ventures, LGF, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Montage Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SRB Ventures, Stratus Ventures, Summit Partners, Susa Ventures, Sweater Ventures, TCV, Techstars, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Brian Goldsmith, Charlie Cheever, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, Hippolyte Genet, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jawed Karim, John Collison, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julia Hartz, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Mark Cuban, Mark Gillespie, Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Michael Chow, Nik Sharma, Parker Conrad, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Suhail Doshi, Tobias Lutke, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2023	Hyperbound	$3.0M Seed	—	Animo Ventures, Avalanche VC, Better Capital, Designer Fund, Downing Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Fellows Fund, General Catalyst, KRM Interests LLC, March Capital, Nonlinear, Operator Collective, Rebel Fund, Rethink Impact, #SecretFund, SuperSeed, Thrive Capital, Y Combinator, Christian Reber, Eden Chen, Erin Shipley, James Isilay, Kunal Shah, Mads Jensen, Michael Stoppelman, Nick Caldwell, Paul Forster, Peter Kazanjy, Robert Moore, Tom Blomfield, Wayne Crosby, Youcef Es-skouri
Apr 1, 2023	Ynsect	$180.0M Series D	—	Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Ignition Partners, Montage Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Hippolyte Genet
Mar 1, 2022	Owner	$15.0M Series A	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Antler, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Browder Capital, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Citi Ventures, Conversion Capital, CP Ventures, Cusp Capital Partners, E1 Ventures, FJ Labs, Floodgate, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Framework Ventures, FTX Ventures, Greylock, HOF Capital, Ignition Partners, Kindred Ventures, LGF, Mayfield, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Montage Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Howard Lindzon, Summit Partners, Susa Ventures, Sweater Ventures, TCV, The Hit Forge, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Cheever, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Hippolyte Genet, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Jason Lemkin, Jawed Karim, John Collison, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julia Hartz, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Mark Cuban, Mark Gillespie, Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Nik Sharma, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Tobias Lutke
Sep 1, 2021	Clovers	$15.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Alpha Edison, GingerBread Capital, Greycroft, Left Lane Capital, Oak HC/FT, SignalFire, Sunset Ventures, Willow Growth Partners LP, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Ron Pragides
Aug 1, 2021	ICON	$210.0M Series B	—	Alex, Alpha Edison, Bling Capital, Bond, Bullpen Capital, Drive Capital, Ensemble VC, Gradient Ventures, ‎GreatPoint Ventures, Hiro Capital, Initialized Capital, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, Learn Capital, Lightbank, Menlo Ventures, MHS Capital, Moderne Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Paradox Capital, RWT Horizons, Smash Capital, The Hit Forge, Wildcat Ventures, Anne Wojcicki, Jeremy Stoppelman, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Rashaun Williams, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin
Aug 1, 2021	Owner	$11.0M Seed	—	040 Capital, 305 Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Antler, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Browder Capital, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Citi Ventures, CP Ventures, DST Global, Felicis Ventures, FJ Labs, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Framework Ventures, FTX Ventures, Greylock, Ignition Partners, Insight Partners, Montage Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Susa Ventures, Sweater Ventures, The Hit Forge, Valhalla Capital, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Cheever, Christian Reber, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Derrick Li, Dylan Field, Frederic Kerrest, Hippolyte Genet, Jawed Karim, John Collison, Julia Hartz, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Mark Cuban, Mark Gillespie, Nik Sharma, Tobias Lutke
Jul 1, 2021	Manzana verde	$2.0M Seed	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Circle Capital
Jul 1, 2021	Dragonboat	$3.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Bling Capital, Bullpen Capital, Ensemble VC, Fin Capital, GingerBread Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greycroft, Insight Partners, Inspired Capital, Khosla Ventures, Learn Capital, Left Lane Capital, Lightbank, MHS Capital, NewView Capital, Oak HC/FT, Pareto Holdings, SciFi VC, SignalFire, Smash Capital, Sunset Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Willow Growth Partners LP, Ansaf Kareem, Jeremy Stoppelman, Kevin Weil, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Omri Dahan, Rashaun Williams, Ron Pragides, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Tom Williams
Dec 1, 2020	Brainly	$80.0M Series D	—	Bling Capital, Bullpen Capital, Ensemble VC, Felix Capital, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, Learn Capital, Lightbank, MHS Capital, Smash Capital, Symbol VC, The Hit Forge, WorldQuant Ventures, Jeremy Stoppelman, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Rashaun Williams, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin
Oct 1, 2020	Ynsect	$65.0M Series C	—	Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Ignition Partners, Montage Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Hippolyte Genet, Ron Pragides
Oct 1, 2019	Pienso	$1.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Anorak Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Floodgate, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, General Catalyst, Ignition Partners, Montage Ventures, Presence Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Super Ventures, Don Stein, Hippolyte Genet, Jeff Seibert, Ryan Walsh, Wayne Chang
Sep 1, 2019	Trove	$20.0M Series C	—	Aegon Asset Management, Commerce Ventures, Earthshot Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Dan Ciporin
Jun 1, 2017	Thrive Causemetics	$15.0M Series A	—	Adeyemi Ajao, Chemistry VC, Ensemble VC, Fifth Wall, FJ Labs, Trinity Ventures
Apr 1, 2017	Qualtrics	$180.0M Series C	—	Accel, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, Bullpen Capital, Ensemble VC, Gradient Ventures, iNovia Capital, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, Learn Capital, Lightbank, MHS Capital, NextView Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Smash Capital, The Hit Forge, Jeremy Stoppelman, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Rashaun Williams, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin
Mar 1, 2017	Clarity Money	$11.0M Series B	—	Abstract Ventures, ACME Capital, Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Bam Ventures, BoxGroup, Citi Ventures, Curie.Bio, Digital Currency Group, Footprint Coalition, Foundation Capital, Founders Circle Capital, Frontier Ventures, GreaterGoodSociety, Ignition Partners, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Ligature, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Montage Ventures, Mouro Capital, NKM Capital, Operator Partners, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, Redpoint Ventures, RRE Ventures, Slow Ventures, Uncork Capital, Vast Ventures, Vayner RSE, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Hippolyte Genet, Hiten Shah, Jeremy Yap, Josh Abramson, Matt Mazzeo, Nicolas Berggruen, Tim Kendall

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Roble Ventures.

Sergio Monsalve

Partner

David Perez-Hernandez

Principal

Leadership Team

Key people at Roble Ventures.

Sergio Monsalve

Partner

David Perez-Hernandez

Principal

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Roble Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in human enablement technologies that transform how people prepare for, connect with, and deliver their work. Their mission centers on unlocking untapped human potential by backing founders who innovate in workforce productivity, skills development, and employment solutions. Roble Ventures invests primarily at the seed and post-seed stages, deploying checks typically between $200K and $2M. They emphasize building diverse, high-performing teams and boards to foster inclusive, meritocratic workplaces and lifelong learning cultures. Their portfolio spans sectors such as productivity tools, employment platforms, and skills training, reflecting a commitment to socioeconomic opportunity and workforce evolution[1][2][3][6].

Origin Story

Founded in the early 2020s (exact year not explicitly stated but active investments date from 2021 onward), Roble Ventures was established with a thematic focus on human enablement technologies. Key partners include Sergio Monsalve, who leads investments in this space, and Emily Prechtl, who manages operations and investor relations. The firm evolved with a clear thesis that venture capital should have a point of view on impact, specifically targeting innovations that empower workers and disrupt traditional workplace norms. Their approach involves early, hands-on involvement with founders to help shape robust, diverse leadership teams, which they see as critical to long-term success and follow-on funding[2][3][6].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Thematic focus exclusively on human enablement technologies, investing early to guide founders in team-building and strategic growth.
Network Strength: Robust network of 2,000 advisors and integration with platforms like Affinity to manage deal flow and founder support efficiently.
Track Record: Portfolio includes companies that have generated over $14B in market value, including three unicorns, with a disciplined, high-conviction selection process.
Operating Support: Provides hands-on assistance in business model strategy, go-to-market (GTM), recruiting, fundraising, and product-market fit, often taking board seats to influence growth[1][2][3][5].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Roble Ventures rides the wave of future-of-work and human enablement trends, capitalizing on the growing demand for technologies that foster flexible, meritocratic, and efficient workplaces. The timing is critical as workforce dynamics shift toward remote work, AI augmentation, and continuous skills development. Market forces such as the rise of gig and hybrid work models, increased emphasis on diversity and inclusion, and the need for scalable workforce management solutions create fertile ground for Roble’s investments. By focusing on human-centric technologies, Roble Ventures influences the broader ecosystem by supporting startups that redefine work and learning, thereby contributing to socioeconomic empowerment on a large scale[3][6].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Roble Ventures is poised to deepen its impact by expanding investments in AI-powered human enablement platforms and scaling its operational support infrastructure, including LP management and advisor networks. Trends such as AI-driven workforce intelligence, mobile-first productivity tools, and interactive learning platforms will likely shape their portfolio evolution. Their influence may grow as they continue to back diverse founders and lead seed rounds, setting standards for inclusive, high-impact venture investing. This aligns with their founding ambition to be both a platform and partner for transformative work technologies that unlock human potential[1][3][5][6].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Thematic focus exclusively on human enablement technologies, investing early to guide founders in team-building and strategic growth.
Network Strength: Robust network of 2,000 advisors and integration with platforms like Affinity to manage deal flow and founder support efficiently.
Track Record: Portfolio includes companies that have generated over $14B in market value, including three unicorns, with a disciplined, high-conviction selection process.
Operating Support: Provides hands-on assistance in business model strategy, go-to-market (GTM), recruiting, fundraising, and product-market fit, often taking board seats to influence growth[1][2][3][5].