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Roble Ventures

Venture capital

Pre-Seed–Seed · 21 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Roble Ventures funds technologies that empower human ambition in the workplace. The firm targets seed-stage startups that address three core themes: optimizing workplace collaboration and efficiency, aligning individual skills development with organizational needs, and enabling talent discovery through employment platforms. The thesis emphasizes investing in visionary founders who prioritize people and believe in technology's capacity to enhance the future of work and learning.

Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$200K – $2M
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Tracked investments
17

Team · 21 people

from the firm's website
Sergio Monsalve· Founding Partner

Relocated to the United States from Mexico during his teenage years and has participated in three successful company exits including Kahoot!, Udemy, and Adaptive Insights. He co-founded the Entrepreneur-In-Residence program at Stanford University where he currently teaches.

David Pérez-Hernández· Partner

First-generation college graduate with a joint MBA-MPP from Harvard focused on technology and future of work. Served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar at Endeavor in Mexico City and worked as an operator at a future-of-work startup focused on employee engagement.

Anca Agapi· Tiny Comet

Professional with experience at KONE in Finland and educational program design background from Aalto University in Helsinki. She co-founded Tiny Comet to create alternative learning modes through immersive gaming for young learners.

Atul Raghunathan· Hyperbound

Co-founder of Hyperbound who has experience teaching and mentoring community college robotics teams. He co-developed the platform for training salespeople using AI-simulated customer interactions.

Becky Flint· Dragonboat

Becky Flint transitioned from medicine to tech during the Web 1.0 era and built product portfolio management functions at multiple scaling companies including PayPal, Shutterfly, Bigcommerce, and Feedzai. She founded the Product Ops Community and created training programs for product management professionals.

bethanye McKinney Blount· Compaas

Self-taught system administrator turned serial entrepreneur with engineering experience at Linden Lab, Facebook, and EMI Music. She co-founded Compaas, a compensation intelligence platform, alongside another woman immigrant engineer.

Emily Tierney· Tiny Comet

Tech lead at Supercell where she contributed to some of the world's most profitable mobile games generating over $12 billion in revenue across six years. She later worked at Google and founded Tiny Comet, an educational gaming company.

Eren Bali· Udemy

Turkish-born entrepreneur who founded Udemy while maintaining full-time employment to sustain his visa status in the United States. He won the Turkish National Mathematical Olympiad and placed second in the International Mathematical Olympiad before building one of the country's largest edtech companies.

Greg Fant· Brand & Marketing

Marketing executive with experience as Managing Partner at Revel and former VP of Marketing at Thumbtack. He spent ten years guiding eBay's North America marketing infrastructure and later served as CMO of One Kings Lane.

Jennifer Dulski· Rising Team

Jennifer Dulski is a founder and entrepreneur who challenged conventions in leadership, starting with advocating for women coxswains on her college rowing team. She founded a nonprofit for underserved students before pivoting to tech, and became the first woman entrepreneur to sell a company to Google.

Jim Kelliher· Finance

Financial executive who has served as CFO at four companies including Drift.com and LogMeIn, and held senior finance roles at PTC Software. He currently serves as an angel investor and advisor to multiple startups in consumer data, sports wearables, and AI sectors.

Julián Melo· UBITS

Julián Melo worked as a business consultant and industrial engineering lecturer before building and scaling a LATAM corporate learning platform. He successfully launched into new markets and grew his customer base significantly through localized strategies.

Keith Giarman· Executive Coach & Recruiting

Executive search leader currently overseeing global retained search practices at DHR Global. He established recruiting practices at Vantage Partners and previously served as President and CEO of Clarus Systems, a software testing firm.

Lucy Mangas· Go-To-Market

Global business development leader currently serving as VP of Strategic Alliances at Hitachi Digital LLC. She led sales and growth initiatives at Microsoft for eight years and held various alliance marketing roles at Hewlett Packard over 22+ years.

Marta Forero Sepúlveda· UBITS

Co-founder of UBITS who previously built an online university in Colombia for industrial worker upskilling. She led the company's growth from five to 250 employees while maintaining focus on workplace skills development.

Parth Detroja· Pair AI

Parth Detroja is a self-made entrepreneur who started in high school by sourcing and reselling phone accessories, then earned significant income through Amazon's referral program before being hired by Amazon at age 19. He graduated summa cum laude from Cornell and worked at Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook.

Paul Kim· Learning & Development

PhD holder dedicated to international development through education and technology strategies. He co-founded Stanford Graduate School of Education's Entrepreneur in Residence Program and the nonprofit Seeds of Empowerment, advising multiple governments on national education initiatives.

Pedro Siciliano· Teachy

Former McKinsey analyst who transitioned to Chief of Staff at Descomplica before founding Teachy, an AI-enabled classroom assistant platform designed to increase teacher productivity in Latin American educational settings.

S.K. Lee· Executive Coach

Founder and executive coach with 19+ years of experience scaling innovative schools and coaching founding teams globally. She served as Career+Life Vision Coach at Stanford Graduate School of Business and has coached over 500 clients at venture-backed startups.

Sriharsha Guduguntla· Hyperbound

Self-taught programmer and Y Combinator graduate who founded Hyperbound with a high school friend. He developed an AI-powered platform for sales training using simulated customer interactions.

Tom Bogan· Board Composition

Experienced software CEO and active board member at Workday, AspenTech, Catapult Sports, and Reltio. He previously chaired Citrix, served as Vice Chairman at Workday, and was CEO of Adaptive Insights, which sold to Workday for $1.6 billion in 2018.

What they invest in

from 5 of 17 portfolio companies

SaaS ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Enterprise Software ×4HR Tech ×3Consumer ×1Developer Tools ×1Future of Work ×1Marketplaces ×1

HQs:United States×4Colombia×1

Investments · 17 tracked

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Compacompa.as
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Eddy Learningkinjo.com
FlowEQfloweq.comin𝕏

FlowEQ is a no-code workflow automation platform that embeds within existing business systems to automate recurring processes and support customer service, quality tracking, and member services operations. It provides integrations with 100+ business applications including CRMs, fulfillment systems, and e-signature platforms.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Brittani Dunlap(Founder/CEO)in

Heywaltheywalt.ai
Hollygovhollygov.comin
Hyperboundhyperbound.aiin𝕏

Hyperbound provides an AI sales coaching platform that analyzes sales calls and creates AI-powered roleplays to help sales representatives practice and improve their skills. The platform serves sales teams and leaders looking to standardize training, provide real-time feedback, and improve deal closure rates.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Sriharsha Guduguntla(Founder)inAtul Raghunathan(Founder)in

Inspiritvrinspiritvr.com
Mosaicmosaic.techin𝕏

HiBob is a financial planning software platform that integrates headcount planning, forecasting, and analysis to help finance and HR teams align on workforce and operational planning with real-time insights and AI-powered workflows.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Pair AIpairai.comin𝕏

Pair AI offers practical coding competitions to assess software engineering candidates at scale, replacing traditional resume-based and LeetCode-style hiring. The platform targets companies seeking to hire top technical talent globally through performance-based assessments.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHR TechMarketplacesSaaSNew York City, US

Parth Detroja(Founder)in

Readysetpotatoreadysetpotato.comin
Remyxremyx.aiin
Rising Teamrisingteam.comin
Slangappslangapp.com
Tinycometstudiostinycometstudios.com
UBITSubits.comin𝕏

UBITS is a modular AI-powered HR platform that helps organizations recruit, train, and develop their teams across Latin America. The platform provides real-time workforce analytics, automated candidate screening, and learning management capabilities integrated with existing infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSBogotá, CO

Julián Melo(Founder)in

Ulessonulesson.com

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Roble Ventures invest at?
Roble Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Roble Ventures's typical check size?
Roble Ventures typically writes checks of $200K – $2M.
What sectors does Roble Ventures focus on?
Roble Ventures focuses on EdTech, Future of Work, HR Tech, SaaS.

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