Rob Taylor
Operating Partner at Silverton Partners
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Operating Partner
2023 - Current
Silverton Partners invests in entrepreneurs who are dedicated to tackling growth markets and building lasting companies. In partnering with Silverton, companies benefit from its vast network and expertise from decades of growing and investing in successful businesses. Silverton Partners is based in Austin, TX, and was the initial institutional investor for AlertMedia, Apprentice, Billie, Convio, SailPoint, Silicon Labs, Storable, Self Financial, SpyCloud, TrendKite, TurnKey Vacation Rentals, Wheel, WP Engine and The Zebra among others. Silverton Partners is Texas’s most active early-stage investment group with seven funds and over $630 million assets under management.
Board Member
2021
President, Last Mile
2021 - 2022
As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the world’s most trusted end-to-end visibility platform Movement
Raised $942,900,000.00 from Chicago Ventures, 8VC, Generation Investment Management, TPG, A.P. Moller Holding, Sapphire Ventures, Sozo Ventures, CMA CGM, Omidyar Technology Ventures and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Co-Founder & CEO
2014 - 2021
Convey was acquired by project44 in September, 2021 for $255M With delivery expectations skyrocketing, brands cannot leave the critical last mile to chance. Convey’s Delivery Experience Management platform combines real-time visibility, post-purchase experiences, and advanced insights and analytics to create a solution uniquely capable of perfecting last mile delivery.
We leverage unique intelligence to transform customer delivery into a competitive advantage for the world’s largest retailers.
Raised $25,768,000.00 from Techstars, NextGen Venture Partners, Techstars Ventures, Silverton Partners and RPM Ventures.
Mentor
2013 - 2021
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Partner & Mentor
2013 - 2021
Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator that seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
President & GM, BlackLocus (Home Depot Innovation Lab)
2012 - 2014
The Home Depot is a retailer of hardware, consumer goods, and DIY supplies both online and offline while providing home delivery services.
President
2011 - 2012
BlackLocus (acquired by The Home Depot in 2012) provides Pricing and Assortment intelligence and insight for online and multi-channel retailers. Our SaaS machine learning technology accurately matches specific products and their pricing across the web, enabling pricing and assortment optimization based on the ever-dynamic competitive landscape. We sit at the intersection of Analytics, Big Data and Ecommerce. In December 2012, BlackLocus was acquired and became "A Home Depot Innovation Lab", still located in Austin, TX.
COO, EVP & GM
2008 - 2011
TrueCar (NASDAQ: TRUE) is reinventing how cars are bought and sold. We bring transparency and inspire price confidence by showing you what others paid for the same vehicle in your local area, then present upfront, guaranteed pricing from specific dealers in your area. Responsible for consumer direct division (www.truecar.com) P&L, operations, technology, talent acquisition, product development, data analytics and customer acquisition.
TrueCar is an information and technology platform that enables its users to communicate with TrueCar certified dealers.
Raised $340,362,625.00 from AutoNation.
COO
2006 - 2008
Pricelock is an emerging, venture-backed (Artiman Ventures, Goldman Sachs) company that protects business fleets against upward movement and volatility in gas prices by allowing fleets to lock-in a price for fuel and redeem that fuel at any retail gas station across the country.