Rob Eldridge

Founder and Managing Partner

2018 - Current

Early-stage investment firm partnering with builders of disruptive technologies.

Board Member and Investor

2020

Market Wagon is North America's largest farm to consumer marketplace and enables local food producers to thrive in their local and regional markets.

Board Advisor and Investor

2021 - 2024

Avocor is a global leader in collaborative display solutions. Acquired by AUO Display Plus in August 2024.

Advisor

2020 - 2022

Photon Commerce is the AI platform for fintech, invoices, and payments.

Vice President, Product Management - Fulfillment by Amazon

2014 - 2015

Responsible for a portfolio of supply chain-related products used by Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Sellers. Product teams include: Shipment Creation and Inbound Workflows, Inventory Management, Product Quality, Returns and Dispositions, Selection Expansion, and User Experience/Design. Additionally, managed operations-focused teams in the Seller Reimbursement and Contact Reduction space.

CFO, Asia and Emerging Markets

2011 - 2014

CFO of Amazon’s businesses in China, Japan and India which generated more than $7.6B in net sales in 2013. Overall responsibility for the financial performance and controllership in the Asian geographies, with a primary focus of building a differentiated and sustainable customer experience.

Vice President, Investor Relations

2008 - 2011

Responsible for communicating all company-related information to Wall Street including: quarterly earnings releases and guidance, annual reports including shareholder letter, investor presentations, annual shareholder meeting, and answering day-to-day questions. Independently conduct non-deal roadshows; attend analyst conferences; host investor/analyst visits. Design target investor and analyst strategy. Create compliant communication plan and presentations.

Vice President, Technology Finance

2007 - 2008

VP Finance of the eCommerce Platform Group. Responsible for financial planning and analysis, budget development, capital spending, metric creation and reporting, and general controllership across a large and diverse set of engineering and development organizations.

Director, Technology Finance

2003 - 2007

Notable projects included: Part of the team that established the AWS business; implementing a Service-Oriented Architecture across AMZN services, including successfully budgeting and forecasting through a complex period of growth; identifying product opportunities and staffing teams to address the growth challenges; and acquiring 250K sq. ft of incremental datacenter capacity and project managing the build-outs. Also, managed global procurement and asset management, focused on delivering cost-out and operations support to the Technology business unit as well as the broader internal customer base of Amazon.com.

Principal

1998 - 2003

Originated, lead and executed a variety of advisory engagements, including M&A, private placements, divestitures, recapitalizations and fairness opinions. Completed 16 transactions in the semiconductor, software and media industries representing more than $2 billion in total consideration.

Intern

1997 - 1998