Rob Hayes

Rob Hayes is a veteran venture capitalist and startup advisor who specializes in guiding early-stage technology companies through their initial growth phases. Throughout his career in the venture ecosystem, he has provided strategic counsel to several high-profile consumer technology platforms, serving as a prior advisor to industry leaders such as Uber and TaskRabbit. Beyond his direct work with startup founders, he maintains strong ties to the academic and institutional finance communities as an active board member for Columbia Business School. His foundational academic background includes earning a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School in 1995, which followed his completion of a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Today, his professional focus remains concentrated on identifying and scaling emerging marketplaces and community-based startups across the broader global technology sector.