Robert Winter

Robert is a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley and successful venture capital investor. He is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the daVinci Capital Group, a private equity firm and Co-Founded and Managing Director of Rocket Ventures, an early-stage venture firm. Served as CEO of two successful startups, General Partner at Comdisco Ventures, and Senior Associate at Canaan Partners – the later both being venture capital firms. And prior held several senior management roles including at Hewlett-Packard, Informatic General and IBM. Over his career he has invested and participated in creating, what is today, over a ¼ of a trillion dollars in market capitalization in over 40 venture deals — 12 of which have had IPOs, 10 were acquired and over 15 are in process. Robert is a Founding Advisor and Member of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Rice Business Plan Competition.(RBPC) as a Judge and The OWL Investment Group as a Managing Member. He currently occupies or has board positions with several startups and non-profit organizations. Holds a BSEE, Rice University and an MBA, Harvard University.