Rob Desantis

CEO, Co-Founder Arkestro, Advisor Agiloft, USEND , Co-Founder TrueParity, Ariba, Angel Investor/founding Board Member LinkedIn, Others

📍 Los Gatos, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 23 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2021
Operator-angel🌍 United States
14
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3
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3
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4
Late stage
23y
Years active

Portfolio

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Aug 2018
AEye offers unique software-defined lidar solutions that enable advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, and logistics applications that save lives and propel the future of transportation and mobility. AEye’s flagship product, Apollo, has been widely recognized for its small form factor and its ability to detect objects at up to one kilometer. In addition to Apollo as a stand-alone sensor, AEye also offers a full-stack solution through its OPTIS™ platform. OPTIS™ provides a complete system that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time.
Investor
Aug 2018
Founded in San Francisco in 2013, we have grown into the #1 producer of single-crystal diamond globally. We are the rare unicorn that has grown fast profitably. Ours is one of the greenest forms of tech manufacturing: converting greenhouse gas into diamond wafers using zero-emission energy. We are now in the 2nd stage of our 30-year master plan: 2013+: Deliver sustainably created diamond for wherever mined diamond has been able to go. Reform diamond jewelry in the process. 2023+: Put a diamond behind every high-power chip. Solve the thermal limitation at the foundation of todays most exciting tech industries -- AI & cloud compute, electric-car power electronics, and 5G/6G wireless. We have managed to create the worlds first single-crystal diamond wafers — and created the world’s most compact power electronics with it: 8x smaller than Tesla’s. 2033+: Diamond semiconductors. Transistors with 17,300x the semiconductor merit over silicon. In 100 years, no-one will remember what Google was but all tech will be based on diamond electronics. More at www.DF.com AWARDS Fast Company Worlds Most Innovative Company TIME Best Inventions Business Insider’s 21 Most Innovative Tech Startups CNBC’s Top 50 Disruptors Inc’s 25 Most Disruptive Companies
Investor
Jan 2013
All Violin products have been discontinued, and StorCentric, the parent company of Violin has been rebranded under the Nexsan brand. Please visit https://www.nexsan.com/ for more information.
Investor
Aug 2011
Welcome to SenseLabs'​ home on LinkedIn. Please follow us to learn more about EEG, and how we're bringing its life-changing effects to people everywhere through modern mobile technology.
mid stageBiotechnology
Investor
Feb 2009
Bloom Energy empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. The company’s leading solid-oxide platform for distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen is changing the future of energy. Fortune 100 companies around the world turn to Bloom Energy as a trusted partner to deliver lower carbon energy today and a net-zero future. Some of the largest companies in the world trust Bloom Energy to provide their businesses with clean, reliable and resilient energy. Bloom’s customers include global leaders in manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other industries. The Bloom Energy Server is a distributed electric power solution built for the digital age and capable of delivering highly reliable, uninterrupted, 24x7 constant power that is also clean and sustainable. Bloom’s unique on-site power generation systems are among the most efficient on the planet, providing significantly reduced operating costs and producing dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. By generating power where it is consumed, Bloom Energy offers increased electrical reliability and improved energy security, providing a clear path to energy independence. Bloom Energy is headquartered in San Jose, California with offices globally and is looking to grow its dynamic team. Stay up to date with Bloom Energy through our social channels below: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bloomenergy Follow us on Instagram: @bloomenergy Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bloom_Energy Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloomenergy
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Jan 2009
Tabula is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing 3-D Programmable Logic Devices. Its ABAX family of 3PLDs, based on Tabula’s patented Spacetime architecture, sets new density, performance, and affordability benchmarks for programmable logic, memory, and signal processing. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Tabula has assembled a leadership team consisting of industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs. The company is backed by top-tier investors with a long-term view toward enduring market leadership. Our Company name, Tabula, is derived from the Latin Tabula Rasa, which means “blank slate”. We have chosen the name “Tabula” because our devices are, in effect, “blank slates” for turning ideas into production silicon. In addition, we have tried to take a fresh, “blank slate” approach in creating the next stage of custom logic design. Tabula’s mission is to provide customers with the best path from ideas to production silicon. Our technology is a result of a bold re-thinking of the entire process of custom hardware design, verification, and production. The creativity of our engineering team has resulted in over 150 patents pending in EDA, IC design, architecture, and advanced process technology. While our technology is disruptive in the industry, it is not disruptive to our customer’s design practices. The Tabula team consists of seasoned industry veterans who know how to balance innovation with practical market requirements. To accomplish this we are building a company geared for enduring leadership in technology, product, marketing and sales, as well as operations and finance. Every member of the Tabula team contributes their time and talents toward the construction of a great company.
late stageSemiconductors
Investor
Sep 2006
POPSUGAR is the #1 most engaged-with Women’s Lifestyle site in the U.S. according to Comscore [Comscore, February 2020]. The company reaches young women through its positive and purpose-driven content across multiple platforms, spanning entertainment, fashion, beauty, fitness, parenting, and more. POPSUGAR reaches 1 in 2 Millennial women in the United States and leads all women’s lifestyle publishers in user engagement [Comscore & Platform Analytics, 2019]. In November 2019, POPSUGAR joined Group Nine Media, the #1 video publisher on mobile in the U.S., and home to The Dodo, NowThis, Thrillist and Seeker [Nielsen DCR, June 2020].
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2005
XOJET Aviation is moving private aviation standards forward for the most demanding customers. The XOJET Aviation culture revolves around problem-solving, teamwork and industry innovation leadership, operating its fleet at a higher rate than anyone else in the market and its safety record is better than even the part 121 and commercial aviation. XOJET Aviation operates branded charter fleets, dedicated corporate shuttles, and offers aircraft management solutions.
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Jun 2004
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the worlds professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the worlds largest professional network. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Sales Solutions and Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn has offices across the globe.
Investor
Oct 2003
For more than two decades, we’ve been helping global manufacturers and distributors drive predictable, profitable outcomes with the most robust B2B pricing and selling solutions on the market. And it’s not just about technology. We hire the best people and have a proven process for pricing transformation. Here’s just one of our customers’ stories of success.
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2021
Co-Founder
Sep 2021
Arkestro’s Predictive Procurement platform accelerates enterprise spend transformation, using AI and game theory to unlock trapped savings and reduce risk, enabling teams to influence significantly more spend. Learn more at https://www.arkestro.com
Investor/ Strategic Advisor
Mar 2021
Digital banking, remittance and payment solutions for international people and businesses.
2020
Co-Founder
Sep 2020
Connecting trusted professionals for the best rates on home projects. Dibbs cuts the friction out of bidding, buying, and selling products and services in the marketplace. We help people do things better, faster, and cheaper. Our Co Founders Luke Fleury, Case Olszewski, and Rob DeSantis noticed a need in the real estate vertical enabling homeowners, contractors, suppliers and retailers to bid anything across the real-estate construction industry. We developed Dibbs to provide contractors and homeowners choice, quality, and the lowest prices. We ensure productivity-based competition by letting your job postings reach an entire network of homeowners, contractors, and suppliers to compete, win bids, and complete transactions using our built-in payment services.
early stageConstruction
2018
Investor/ CEO Advisor
Sep 2018
As the global leader in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software, Agiloft is trusted to provide significant savings in purchasing, enable more efficient legal operations, and accelerate sales cycles, all while drastically lowering compliance risk. Agiloft’s adaptable, no-code platform ensures rapid deployment and a fully extensible system. Using contracts as the core system of commercial record, Agiloft’s CLM software leverages AI to improve contract management for legal departments, procurement, and sales operations. Visit www.agiloft.com for more.  Were hiring! To view our current job openings, please visit https://www.agiloft.com/jobs.htm.
Investor
Aug 2018
AEye offers unique software-defined lidar solutions that enable advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, and logistics applications that save lives and propel the future of transportation and mobility. AEye’s flagship product, Apollo, has been widely recognized for its small form factor and its ability to detect objects at up to one kilometer. In addition to Apollo as a stand-alone sensor, AEye also offers a full-stack solution through its OPTIS™ platform. OPTIS™ provides a complete system that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time.
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