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Amanda Robson

Founder of Modern Angels

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Amanda Robson is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, known for her involvement in building and investing in software infrastructure startups. With a background spanning from investment banking to venture capital, she has made significant contributions to the tech industry, including being a Partner at Cowboy Ventures and investing in companies like Uplimit at the Seed stage. Robson's career highlights include co-hosting the Open Source Startup Podcast and founding Modern Angels, showcasing her expertise in early-stage investments and commitment to supporting innovative tech ventures in sectors such as Data Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise, and AI within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

OS

Open Source Startup Podcast

  • Co Host

    2021 - Current

    The leading podcast for open source builders

MA

Modern Angels

  • Founder

    2021

    Community of 400+ female operators actively angel investing 💸

CV

Cowboy Ventures

  • Partner

    2019 - 2024

    Invested in B2B seed & pre-seed founders, with a focus on software infrastructure Principal (2019 - 2022), Partner (2022 - 2024) Investments included: -- Arcol: browser-based building design -- Byteboard: technical hiring -- Drata: cloud compliance automation -- Effx: software architecture insights platform (acq by Figma) -- Elementary Data: open source data observability -- LaunchNotes: product communications -- Mobile.dev: AI-enabled mobile development -- SVT Robotics: DevTools for warehouse robotics -- Uplimit: reimagining technical education

Cowboy Ventures is a generalist seed-stage fund focused fund investing in technology startups.

cowboy.vc
NV

Norwest Venture Partners

  • Senior Associate

    2016 - 2019

    VC and Growth fund managing $9.5B; focused on early-stage B2B venture investments Investments included: -- 6 River Systems (acq by Shopify for $450M): autonomous warehouse robotics -- Aisera: AI-enabled IT service management platform -- Dremio: data lake query engine -- Fossa: open source license management -- Phiar: spatial AI engine -- Productiv.ai: SaaS management and analytics platform

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.

nvp.com
WB

William Blair & Company

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2014 - 2016

    Sell-Side M&A, Technology Group

C

Citi

  • Summer Analyst

    2013 - 2013

Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.

Raised $12,950,000,000.00 from ValueAct Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

citigroup.com

Education 

Investments 

Uplimit

Seed

Total funding: $20M

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