About
Experienced technology investor and entrepreneur, formerly a partner on Sequoia Capital's early-stage team where he championed investments in MongoDB, ThousandEyes, SpringPath and CoreOS. He later co-founded Diamanti and was an early product leader at VMware.
Experience
- VIENTO communityCo-Founder + CEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SignalWireAdvisor & Early investorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ListoAdvisor + Early Investorcurrent2020 — present
- Senso.aiAdvisor + Early Investorcurrent2020 — present
- CurtailAdvisor + Early Investorcurrent2020 — present
- Edgeworx, Inc.Advisor & Early Investorcurrent2018 — present
- GentreoAdvisor + Early Investorcurrent2019 — present
- DecentAdvisor & Early Investorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DiamantiAdvisor, Co-Founder, VP Products & Marketing, Seed Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Jose, CA
- DiamantiCo-Founder, VP Marketing & Strategy2015 — 2017San Jose, CA
- Stealth newcosEarly Advisor, Angel Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Mesosphere, Inc.Advisor & Early Investorcurrent2014 — present
- Zycada NetworksAdvisor & Early Investorcurrent2015 — present
- 37Knots - Stealth mode ;)CEO + Managing Director2020 — 2021
- BreakawayGrowth FundAmigó2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- YotaScaleEarly Investor2016 — 2021
- PalleTechAdvisor & Early Investor2015 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- ZugataAdvisor + Early Investor2015 — 2021
- XStarPartnersCo-founder2018 — 2019
- DHVC(Danhua Capital)Advisor2017 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
Education
- Sequoia CapitalCompany Building, Venture Capital2010 — 2014
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA2008 — 2010
- Stanford UniversityBS & MS, Computer Science1998 — 2003
Skills & more
Cloud Computing47Venture Capital16Start-ups31Product StrategyProduct Management24Entrepreneurship21Strategic Partnerships10Go-to-market Strategy15Competitive Analysis6Mobile Devices6Business Alliances3Mergers & Acquisitions2
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Big DataEnterprise SoftwareSaaSVMwareStrategyLanguages C/C++/Java/Javascript/GoLang · English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Luis Robles work?
- Luis Robles is at BreakawayGrowth Fund.
Founder mafias
Stanford University mafia855
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionBalaji SrinivasanGraduate StudentFounded Counsyl +1Jess LeeBSFounded Polyvore
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Harvard Business School mafia311
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike Maples JrMBAFounded Pattern BreakersNoubar AfeyanVisiting LecturerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12Wade MyersMBAFounded RealManage +5Harry GrunerFounded Hilos +2Ellen RubinMBAFounded ClearSky Data +2Brad GarlinghouseMBAFounded Hightail +2
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Sequoia Capital mafia16
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jess LeePartnerFounded PolyvoreJim GoetzSeed/Early + GrowthFounded VitalSignsChris RustPartnerFounded Tessera LabsKonstantine BuhlerSeed/EarlyFounded Listen LabsTodd CozzensPartner, HealthcareFounded UnitedHealth GroupDavid DworskySummer AnalystFounded Telescope
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Mesosphere mafia6
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
BreakawayGrowth Fund mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,969
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Senso.ai8
Adrian MendozaGeneral Partner / Founder at Mendoza VenturesSenofer MendozaGeneral Partner / Founder at Mendoza VenturesAdam KerrSenior Partner at Mendoza VenturesMike MortensenAdvisory Partner at StratMindsChris J. AlbinsonGeneral Partner at BreakawayGrowth FundSaroop BharwaniFounder at Senso
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Also worked at BreakawayGrowth Fund4
Also worked at Sequoia Capital175
Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups; All-In co-hostAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm
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Also worked at Stanford University650
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanEngineer, founder, angel investor, author of The Network State, and founder of Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures
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