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Steph Tryphonas

Founder

Co-founder at Collaborative Robotics

Santa Clara, CA

FoundedCollaborative Robotics

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Steph: together at Collaborative Robotics
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About

Steph Tryphonas co-founded Collaborative Robotics in 2022 with Brad Porter and Jane Mooney, bringing an unusually complete operating background to a hard robotics problem — Cobot's own launch note calls Tryphonas 'the ultimate all-around executive,' having led teams spanning engineering, design, product and go-to-market. That range was built at Tellme Networks, the voice-technology company Microsoft acquired in 2007, and then at Microsoft as a principal director working on natural human-computer interaction alongside the early Kinect team. Cobot has since raised more than $140 million and put its Proxie robot to work in hospitals, factories and ports.

Beyond investing

Founded
One of three co-founders of Collaborative Robotics in 2022, with Brad Porter and Jane Mooney.
Communities
Served as a judge for UC Berkeley School of Information's MIMS final project presentations.
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Cobot's launch post describes Tryphonas as 'the ultimate all-around executive', having led teams from engineering to design to go-to-market and product. Joined Tellme Networks in 2000 and came to Microsoft through its 2007 acquisition — the same company where Brad Porter was platform architect, so the partnership long predates Cobot. At Microsoft, worked on the early Kinect team on natural-interaction experiences.

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Co-founder at Collaborative Robotics

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Collaborative Robotics's investors · 11

1984 Ventures Management, LlcSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2024Bezos ExpeditionsBison VenturesSeattle · since 2024Calibrate VenturesPasadena · $5M checks · since 2024General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2024Industry VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $50M checks · since 2024Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2024Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2024MVP VenturesChicago · since 2024Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Collaborative Robotics

BPBrad Porter
Brad PorterFounder & CEO
JMJane Mooney
Jane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance

Experience

  1. Collaborative RoboticsVP Operationscurrent2022 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  2. DokemaFounder, CEO2016 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
  3. Lab 228Co-Founder, CEO2013 — 2015San Francisco, California, United States
  4. MicrosoftDesign Director2007 — 2013Mountain View, California
  5. Tellme NetworksVice President of Customer Success2000 — 2007Mountain View, California
  6. OpenTextDirector of Product Management1999 — 2000Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Skills & more

Fortune 100Product Management19Start-ups13Strategic Partnerships7Cloud Computing17SaaS22Large Scale Deployments1Program Management6Interaction Design6Electrical EngineeringAccount ManagementMobile Devices24
+12 moreMobile ApplicationsUser ExperienceUser Interface DesignScalabilityStrategyUser InterfaceAgile MethodologiesSarbanes-Oxley ActTeam ManagementComputer ScienceHuman Computer InteractionChange Management

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Steph Tryphonas?
Steph Tryphonas co-founded Collaborative Robotics in 2022 with Brad Porter and Jane Mooney, bringing an unusually complete operating background to a hard robotics problem — Cobot's own launch note calls Tryphonas 'the ultimate all-around executive,' having led teams spanning engineering, design, product and go-to-market. That range was built at Tellme Networks, the voice-technology company Microsoft acquired in 2007, and then at Microsoft as a principal director working on natural human-computer interaction alongside the early Kinect team. Cobot has since raised more than $140 million and put its Proxie robot to work in hospitals, factories and ports.
Where does Steph Tryphonas work?
Steph Tryphonas is Co-founder of Collaborative Robotics.
What companies did Steph Tryphonas found?
Steph Tryphonas founded Collaborative Robotics.
Where did Steph Tryphonas go to school?
Steph Tryphonas studied at Queen's University (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Collaborative Robotics4

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsPaul KwanInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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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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Also worked at Tellme Networks19

Brad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsDavid WeidenInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid YooPrincipal at Struck CapitalEmil MichaelSenior Advisor at P1 VenturesKenneth Benson SawyerCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Saints CapitalCharles MoldowGeneral Partner at Foundation Capital

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Also worked at OpenText34

Dale ChangOperating Partner at Scale Venture PartnersDan FougereInvestor at Index VenturesRobert PeaseManaging Partner at Long Way VenturesKevin CochraneCMO, Vultr at Mu VenturesBill ButlerInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsRichard BlackManaging Partner and Co-Founder at First Ascent Ventures

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