Rob Weber

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

2017 - Current

Great North Ventures (www.greatnorthventures.com) is a Minnesota based venture capital fund focused on helping startup founders with our capital, network and time. We invest in early stage rounds (from idea to Series B, but primarily with first check in pre-seed/seed). The startups can be from any industry. Our fund is managed by founders with previous exits and includes support by advisers in the region as well as in Silicon Valley.

Partner

2005

After several years successfully running our own software companies, Ryan Weber and I created a family office called 32 Degrees to support up and coming entrepreneurs (through direct early-stage investments as well as backing other early-stage fund managers) and to invest in real estate. We appreciate the support we had from early angel investors at our prior company. The capital investment was nice but more valuable was their relationships, encouragement, business savvy, and leadership. Now we hope we can pass along some of our good fortune to others as excited about entrepreneurship as we have always been. 32 Degrees supported companies: eBureau (now owned by TransUnion)/TruSignal- Predictive Analytics and Data Solutions Neurotic Media (now owned by Peloton)- Music download shop services for brick & mortar merchants FieldNation (funded by Susquehanna Growth Equity)- Technician workforce management solutions Zencoder (now owned by Brightcove)- Live and cloud file transcoding Optimine- Measure your media ROI cross-channel Pouncer Media (now owned by BigDish PLC) - Last minute deals, first class restaurants LeagueSafe (now owned by Sports Hub Technologies)- Collect dues for fantasy leagues HomeSpotter (now owned by LoneWolf)- Creating conversation around home searches Interior Define- Custom furniture direct Kidizen- Kids merchandise resale marketplace PartySlate- Luxury Event Ideas, Inspiration, Event Pros Network Arena (GetArena.co) - Enriched sports experience in the moment (UFC, etc.) Branch (branchapp.com)

Advisory Board

2014 - 2023

minne✱ is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the Minnesota technology community and promoting high tech entrepreneurship. Over 20,000 members.

Board of Directors

2011 - 2014

minne✱ is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the Minnesota technology community and promoting high tech entrepreneurship. Over 20,000 members.

Board Member

2013 - 2021

CEO & Co-founder

2013 - 2017

Native ad tech for mobile games and apps.

CEO & Co-founder

2007 - 2013

Publisher of PC apps as well as native ad tech for PC app publishers.

CEO & Co-founder

2000 - 2006

Publisher of PC apps & games.