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Jesse Robbins

General Partner at Heavybit

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Jesse Robbins is a General Partner at Heavybit, where he invests in developer tools, AI, and infrastructure. He is the founder of Chef and a key figure in the DevOps movement, with notable investments in companies like LaunchDarkly and Tailscale. Robbins' career highlights include founding Chef and being a prominent figure in the DevOps movement, as well as his current role as a General Partner at Heavybit where he invests in developer tools, AI, and infrastructure.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2022 - Current

  • Part-Time Partner

    2013 - 2022

    I advise, support, and invest in world class Developer Tools & Infrastructure startups as an investing partner at Heavybit.

Heavybit is the leading investor in dev-first companies with an unrivaled track record helping technical founders achieve breakout success.

  • Investor & Board Member

    2023

The leading open-source AI code assistant

Raised $2,100,000.00 from Lisha Li, Julien Chaumond, Florian Leibert, Heavybit and Y Combinator.

  • Investor & Board Member

    2022

Mobot is a QA-as-a-service platform using real mechanical robots to automate testing on real mobile devices.

Raised $17,750,000.00 from Primary Venture Partners, Cota Capital, Heavybit, Bling Capital, MPG Fund and Uncorrelated Ventures.

  • Investor and Board Member

    2022

MightyMeld is a visual devtool that lets you update styles, create new UI, and ensure consistent UX while generating code.

Raised $4,109,997.00.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2021

  • Investor & Advisor

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2019

Sanity is a platform for structured content that lets teams build digital experiences.

Raised $50,700,000.00 from Shopify.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2019

  • Investor & Advisor

    2015

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that allows software development teams to deliver to their customers.

Raised $330,300,000.00 from Redpoint, Heavybit, Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Uncork Capital, Top Tier Capital Partners, Threshold, Lead Edge Capital and Bloomberg Beta.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2017

Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks.

Raised $431,300,797.00 from Axevil Capital.

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