Bob Tinker

Enterprise CEO, Investor/Operator, Co-Author

📍 Menlo Park, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2017
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member, Co-Founder
Jan 2017
THE FUTURE IS BUILT ON BEDROCK Unbreakable Foundation for Formally Secured Computing OUR MISSION An Unbreakable Foundation for Formally Secured Computing BedRock Systems is on a mission to deliver a trusted computing base from edge to cloud, where safety and security isn’t just a perception, it’s a formally proven reality. Our foundation does not require painful up-stack changes; it embraces existing hardware, operating systems, and application ecosystems. When systems are BedRocked, the operation is secured, innovation is unlocked, new services are launched, trust is re-established, and revenue can grow. Governments and businesses gain back velocity and can securely evolve at the speed of software. JOIN THE TEAM BedRock Systems is a startup with a global team. Our platform is based upon cutting-edge technology and leverages the latest development methodologies and tools. We were founded by industry veterans who built large successful companies from scratch. Our top-notch team is a mixture of the best from industry and academia. Come transform the computing landscape. Join the BedRock Systems team! jobs@bedrocksystems.com
Co-founder & Board Member
Jan 2016
MobileIron is redefining enterprise security with the industry’s first mobile-centric security platform for the Everywhere Enterprise. In the Everywhere Enterprise, corporate data flows freely across devices and servers in the cloud, empowering workers to be productive anywhere they need to work. To secure access and protect data across this perimeter-less enterprise, MobileIron leverages a zero trust approach, which assumes bad actors are already in the network and secure access is determined by a “never trust, always verify” model. MobileIron’s platform combines award-winning and industry-leading unified endpoint management (UEM) capabilities with passwordless MFA (Zero Sign-On) and mobile threat defense (MTD) to validate the device, establish user context, verify the network, and detect and remediate threats to ensure that only authorized users, devices, apps, and services can access business resources in a “work from everywhere” world. Over 20,000 organizations, including the world’s largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and other highly regulated companies, have chosen MobileIron to enable a seamless and secure user experience in the Everywhere Enterprise.
Experience · 6 entries
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Investments (1)
Founder (2)
2021
Executive Chairman
Mar 2021
Fluxx has a mind for technology and a heart for philanthropy. Our secure cloud-based platform makes collaboration, clarity, and organization of data effortless. Your grantmaking organization can dramatically shorten its processes and make more strategic decisions with Fluxx. Take your grantmaking to new heights with Fluxx’s robust automation, key integrations, and versatile reporting for grants, investments, employee giving, contracts, and more.
2020
Managing Partner
Jan 2020
Operator-led buyout for B2B SaaS businesses. We are led by two former founding CEO's who founded, grew, and took 2 different B2B SaaS companies public. We dive in. We work with the teams to build great businesses.
2017
Board Member, Co-Founder
Jan 2017
THE FUTURE IS BUILT ON BEDROCK Unbreakable Foundation for Formally Secured Computing OUR MISSION An Unbreakable Foundation for Formally Secured Computing BedRock Systems is on a mission to deliver a trusted computing base from edge to cloud, where safety and security isn’t just a perception, it’s a formally proven reality. Our foundation does not require painful up-stack changes; it embraces existing hardware, operating systems, and application ecosystems. When systems are BedRocked, the operation is secured, innovation is unlocked, new services are launched, trust is re-established, and revenue can grow. Governments and businesses gain back velocity and can securely evolve at the speed of software. JOIN THE TEAM BedRock Systems is a startup with a global team. Our platform is based upon cutting-edge technology and leverages the latest development methodologies and tools. We were founded by industry veterans who built large successful companies from scratch. Our top-notch team is a mixture of the best from industry and academia. Come transform the computing landscape. Join the BedRock Systems team! jobs@bedrocksystems.com
2016
Enterprise & B2B Startups
Seed Investor
Jan 2016
Co-founder & Board Member
Jan 2016
MobileIron is redefining enterprise security with the industry’s first mobile-centric security platform for the Everywhere Enterprise. In the Everywhere Enterprise, corporate data flows freely across devices and servers in the cloud, empowering workers to be productive anywhere they need to work. To secure access and protect data across this perimeter-less enterprise, MobileIron leverages a zero trust approach, which assumes bad actors are already in the network and secure access is determined by a “never trust, always verify” model. MobileIron’s platform combines award-winning and industry-leading unified endpoint management (UEM) capabilities with passwordless MFA (Zero Sign-On) and mobile threat defense (MTD) to validate the device, establish user context, verify the network, and detect and remediate threats to ensure that only authorized users, devices, apps, and services can access business resources in a “work from everywhere” world. Over 20,000 organizations, including the world’s largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and other highly regulated companies, have chosen MobileIron to enable a seamless and secure user experience in the Everywhere Enterprise.
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