Rob Shavell

Rob Shavell is a Partner at Accomplice VC based in Boston, Massachusetts, where he leads investments in blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. In his current venture capital role, he focuses on early-stage Web3 and payment technologies, typically writing initial seed investment checks ranging from $1.5 million to $3 million. Through the firm's dedicated Accomplice Blockchain fund, Shavell has been involved with prominent portfolio companies in the digital asset space, including Hedera Hashgraph and Circle. Prior to his transition into the institutional venture capital sector, he spent 16 years working as an entrepreneur building consumer data protection platforms. During this period, he founded the online privacy company Abine and co-founded DeleteMe, a widely utilized consumer personal information removal service. His professional background reflects a sustained dual focus on advancing decentralized financial infrastructure and developing scalable privacy technology solutions.