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Rob Skillington

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-Founder & CTO at Chronosphere · Venture Partner at Black Nova VC

New York, New York, United States

FoundedChronosphere$3.4B

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About

Co-founder and former CTO of Chronosphere (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and creator of M3DB; previously led observability at Uber.

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Co-Founder & CTO at Chronosphere

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Chronosphere's investors · 20

ACTAI VenturesSan FranciscoAdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checks · since 2023AntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checksBasis Set VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $3M checksCarbide VenturesPalo AltoCardinia VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2023General AtlanticNew York · $10M – $1B checks · since 2023General PartnershipSan Francisco · $1M – $30M checksGeodesic CapitalFoster City · since 2023Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park · since 2023GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2023GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2023Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023Pathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checksRackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checksSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checksThursday VenturesBrandon

Co-founders at Chronosphere

MMMartin Mao
Martin MaoCo-Founder & CEO (now SVP, GM Observability, Palo Alto Networks)

Experience

  1. Palo Alto NetworksVP, Fellowcurrent2026 — present
  2. ChronosphereCo-Founder/CTO (acquired by Palo Alto Networks)2019 — 2026
  3. UberEngineering Lead2014 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. GrouponEngineering Lead2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Omny StudioFounding Engineer2012 — 2013Melbourne, Australia
  6. MicrosoftEngineer (Office 365 Azure Active Directory)2011 — 2012Redmond, WA

Skills & more

Software Engineering44Software Design27Web Applications27Python13Subversion9jQuery11Java7C#5C4Node.js7Mobile Applications14Git5
+8 moreProgrammingiOS developmentJavaScriptUMLPHPAndroid DevelopmentWindows AzureRedis

From Rob's professional profile.

Colleagues at Black Nova VC

Alex Lennon
Head of Talent at Black Nova VC
Alex Retzlaff
Venture Partner at Black Nova VC
Alok Kulkarni
CEO, Cyara at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Andrew Nash
Venture Partner at Black Nova VC
Anthony Woodward
Venture Partner at Black Nova VC
Bill Trestrail
Venture Partner at Black Nova VC
Cheryl Mack
Venture Partner at Black Nova VC
Chris Petzoldt
Venture Partner at Black Nova VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rob Skillington?
Co-founder and former CTO of Chronosphere (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and creator of M3DB; previously led observability at Uber.
Where does Rob Skillington work?
Rob Skillington is Co-Founder & CTO of Chronosphere and Venture Partner at Black Nova VC.
What companies did Rob Skillington found?
Rob Skillington founded Chronosphere.
Where did Rob Skillington go to school?
Rob Skillington studied at University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Software).

Founder mafias

University of Melbourne mafia97

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Black Nova VC mafia9

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Scott HandsakerVenture PartnerFounded Attendly +1Nikhil PooviahVenture PartnerFounded Osara Health +1Alok KulkarniVenture PartnerFounded CyaraMatthew BrowneManaging PartnerFounded UpflowyDarcy NauntonGeneral PartnerFounded YbfventuresNoga EdelsteinOperating PartnerFounded Equity Clear

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Same school

Also attended University of Melbourne342

Cameron AdamsCo-founder & Chief Product Officer of CanvaKevin JohnsonInvestor at MedicxiEsther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementMark MillsClient Team Member at Generation Investment ManagementPaulInvestor at Square Peg CapitalClarissa KartikaAssociate, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.

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Shared employers

Also worked at Chronosphere9

Sangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Amber ManteHead of Human Intelligence at Theory VenturesJerry ChenPartner at Greylock PartnersEd HooperGrowth at Tidal VenturesSarah Mills-KrutilekGTM at Tidal VenturesParm UppalVenture Partner / Advisor at Angular Ventures

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Also worked at Uber552

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack

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Also worked at Groupon136

Alexandre ProtCo-founder & CEO of QontoSteve AnaviCo-founder & President of QontoGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionEric LefkofskyEntrepreneur & PhilanthropistJyri EngeströmPartner at Lifeline Ventures

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Also worked at Microsoft1,854

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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