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Robert Lopez

Limited Partner at GTMfund

New York, New York

Overview 

Robert Lopez is a Senior Growth Leader and Investor based in New York, known for his expertise in entrepreneurship, strategic partnerships, and corporate development. With a background including roles at Justworks as Chief Revenue Officer and Groupon as GM/CEO for the Andean Region, he has a strong track record of successful business development and investment in startups like Wonder Brands and Nivelo. Lopez's career highlights include serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Justworks and GM/CEO of Groupon's Andean Region, demonstrating his leadership in driving revenue growth and expanding business operations in diverse markets.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Revenue Officer

    2018 - Current

    Lead all GTM, commercial and plg efforts at one of NYC's premier growth companies. - 600+ person team across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product Led Growth (PLG - Cross-Functional team of Product Managers, Engineers, Designers), Onboarding, Business Development, Product Specialists, etc. - ~$0-$300M+ ARR ($1B+ GAAP revenue) - Have grown business from ~50 to 11,000+ customers - Worn various hats during tenure such as leading Workplace/Real Estate strategy, Janitor, and planner of company events/retreats - VC Backed, Series E, growth stage company in the HR Tech, Payments, Insurtech and Benefits space

  • Vice President

    2014 - 2018

    - Joined shortly after the company was founded and helped establish product/market fit - Hired initial GTM team and scaled from 0 to 150+ - Involved and partnered with founder on fundraising rounds

Justworks makes it easier to start, run, and grow a business.

Raised $159,837,671.00 from Union Square Ventures, Redpoint, Spark Capital, Latitude, FirstMark, Thrive Capital, Index Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures.

  • Fellow & Growth Advisor

    2023

Tidemark is a venture capital company, foundation, and group designed to help category-leading technology businesses scale.

  • Scout

    2021

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in the consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors.

  • Limited Partner

    2021

Early stage fund with an investor network consisting of GTM executives who've seen zero to IPO.

  • Investor

    2019

    Investor in a variety of software companies (early and growth stage) and a scout for Spark Capital. A few companies I have invested in: Runa HR, Glean, Nivelo, Archer Aviation, Gong, Wonder Brands, Finch, Palolo, Butter, Milu Health, Figure AI

  • Founding Member

    2016

Pavilion is a private membership for high-growth leaders to achieve their professional potential.

Raised $25,000,000.00 from Elephant.

  • Angel Track

    2023 - 2023

    Member of First Round Capital's Spring 2023 Cohort  —  a masterclass and community for angel investors and operators.

First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.

  • GM, Groupon Basics

    2014 - 2014

    Launched new business vertical from the ground up with full P&L responsibility, enabling Groupon to enter the CPG industry.

  • GM / CEO, Groupon Andean Region

    2012 - 2013

    Full managerial and P&L ownership (HR, Finance, Sales, Marketing, CS, QA, Planning) for a $50 million business. Oversaw and managed a 150 person team with responsibility over 3 countries: Colombia, Peru, and Panama.

  • Head of Sales, Sales Operations & Biz Dev

    2011 - 2012

    Part of the Latin America management team responsible for making both strategic and investment decisions. More specifically, responsible for the optimization and control of the sales process, revenue, strategy and technology initiatives throughout the region.

Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that offers discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies.

Raised $1,387,000,000.00 from MIG Capital, RTP Global and Atairos.

  • Summer Associate

    2010 - 2010

  • Fellow

    2009 - 2009

    Worked with the Inter American Development Bank and JP Morgan to implement and run a business case plan competition focused on entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses. Specifically, we advised entrepreneurs to build businesses that focus on helping people that are living below the poverty line.

Technoserve work with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries.

Raised $3,500,000.00 from Walmart.org.

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