Robert Maynard

Founder | CEO | Board Member | VC, LP & Angel Investor | Real Estate Developer

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 7 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2025
VC🌍 United States
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Investor | advisor
Oct 2022
Lucid Bots is a cutting-edge AI and robotics company revolutionizing exterior cleaning and construction. We design and develop autonomous solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, precision and profitability for industries tackling large-scale, dangerous and challenging tasks. With a focus on innovation, productivity and sustainability, Lucid Bots empowers businesses to redefine how they approach exterior maintenance and construction, reducing the need for ladders and lifts, and increasing worker safety and profitability. Our US-manufactured Sherpa Drone and Lavo Bot surface cleaning robot will fit into your business, taking your facilities, customers and crews to the next level whether it is in the air on on the ground. We are revolutionizing the exterior cleaning and construction industry allowing our customers to put more back into their business and get more out of every job. Lucid Bots: Extending Human Reach.
Board Member/Investor
Aug 2022
Flour Power is a franchised cooking studio that is differentiated by its vision and environment. Our brand positively impacts people of all ages through a lifestyle movement that inspires connection and well-being through unique culinary experiences in a setting that is fun, welcoming, and supportive.
Board Member/Investor
Aug 2022
The Triads Best Burgers! Our menu boasts a mouthwatering array of signature burgers crafted with the finest ingredients. From handcrafted patties to house-made sauces, our commitment to quality is unwavering.
Partner | Board Member
Jan 2022
We believe in "Easy Go."​ VaVia provides a smart, easy solution for residential and/or commercial disposal. We help our clients finish their projects on-time and on-budget, without all of the headaches. VaVia restores order to their jobsites by removing excess "stuff"​ and giving people, homes and businesses back their space. We play an important part in helping our clients successfully complete their projects. Our process is easy. Our people are cordial. Their neighbors are happy.
Partner | Board Member
Jan 2016
Abby’s Better was created by Abby Kircher when she was 15 years old in an effort to create a healthy lifestyle. Started only 5 years ago in Charlotte, North Carolina, Abby’s Better Nut Butters have gone from local farmers markets to a staple of heath food in the east coast and Midwest. Now 20, Abby is more passionate and ambitious than ever to create the healthiest snacks available and for Abby’s Better to become America’s trusted Clean Label Snack Brand. To those seeking a healthier path, Abby’s Better offers the cleanest snacks without ever sacrificing taste because they are made using only nature’s already perfect ingredients.
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2025
Founder
May 2025
At the heart of our restaurant lies a philosophy of “traditional innovation"—an approach that marries the timeless beauty of Italian culinary traditions with the excitement of modern creativity. In Italian, this concept is known as ossimoro, and it beautifully encapsulates the essence of our cooking, ensuring that Italian cuisine remains as vibrant and relevant as ever. Join us for an experience where tradition and innovation come together, creating a space for connection, discovery, and celebration
Board Member/Investor
May 2025
Established in April 2005, Young Chefs Academy is the worlds premier cooking school franchise for children ages four to 14. YCA offers a progressive curriculum of culinary classes, mini-camps, and birthday parties in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. While learning food preparation skills from our trained instructors is the main ingredient at YCA, each class adds a heap of kitchen safety, a scoop of etiquette, a handful of table setting, a pinch of menu planning, and laughter to taste. Picture a joyful kitchen, full of inspired children creating culinary masterpieces while building self confidence and improving math, science, reading, social, and social studies (multicultural cuisine) skills. Welcome to Young Chefs Academy, the only franchise that will enable your children to transfer their learning and transform the most popular room in everyones home into something quite extraordinary! Our recipe for success is helping hundreds of franchisees around the world build a successful work, life, friends, and family balance and realize their dreams of owning a thriving business. To learn more about The Young Chefs Academy mission, please visit http://youngchefsacademyfranchise.com/mission--values Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youngchefscorp Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YoungChefsIntl For information on franchise opportunities, please visit: http://youngchefsacademyfranchise.com
2023
Partner
Aug 2023
Conveniently located in the heart of South Oranges business district, The Fox & Falcon by David Burke serves up a clean, modern menu featuring familiar dishes, each anchored by in-season, locally-sourced ingredients. Experts in events, corporate functions and team building functions, The Fox & Falcon by DB offers several private rooms and bars. Only steps from the NJ Transit train station and SOPAC, The Fox & Falcon is a favorite go-to tavern for everyone from solo diners to large multi-generational family gatherings to co-workers, friends and couples out for a casual date night. The handsome, multi-leveled property offers several flexible dining areas including a main dining area with large windows embracing street views, an authentic Irish pub "snug" and four, well-appointed, comfortable bars. Chef David Burkes Modern American menu features innovative dishes and classics such as Clothesline Bacon, Lobster Dumplings, and DBs legendary dry-aged, prime Foxy Cheeseburger; a sushi menu; and a decadent dessert menu. On Monday - Friday there is an enticing Happy Hour with creative small plates and cocktails. For theater or college sports nights – Seton Hall University is only a mile away - there is a reasonably-priced, prix fixe menu available from 4-6:30, designed to get you to the show on time! SOPAC is in walking distance. The Fox & Falcon is open for dinner daily. Friday and Saturday lunch; and Sunday Brunch. There are several theme nights too with unique events like open mic, trivia and live music. Seasonal outdoor dining amid lush potted flowers is available.
2022
Board Member | Investor
Nov 2022
Enjoy local access to leading printer brands, a huge selection of quality inkjet and laser toner cartridges and friendly local service they can count on. Plus, our exclusive No Cost Printer program eliminates traditional hardware and maintenance costs with a simple commitment to buy your toner cartridges from us. With over 500 locations in 55 countries serving over 1 million customers, Cartridge World continues to grow its global Franchise network through innovative printing products and services that help clients save on every print they make. Clients We Serve Our clients range from single printer home offices to medium size businesses with multiple print devices, service requirements and printer supplies to manage. Our Areas Of Expertise We provide expert advice on all facets of home and office printing: • Brand Name Printers & Multi-Function Devices • Premium Quality Ink Jet & Laser Toner Cartridges • Professional On Site Printer Service • Why Buy a Printer? Program • Office Printing Usage & Cost Assessments • Print Management Services Benefits We Provide Our exclusive suite of brand name printers, top quality ink jet and laser toner cartridges and time saving services allow our clients to achieve the following: • Up to 30% Cost Savings • Expense Visibility & Control • Proactive Toner Ordering • Easy Online Ordering • Single Invoice • Premium Printing Quality • Employees Can Focus on Higher Value Tasks • Local On-Site Service • Printers and equipment that match your needs • Less IT Printer Distractions • Empty Cartridge Recycling • Mobile Print Solutions • No Capital or Lease Options • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee Problems We Solve
Limited Partner
Nov 2022
The Charlotte Fund provides equity investments to later stage technology businesses across the Carolinas, and to seed stage businesses in the Charlotte metro area.
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