Rob is a Founding Partner at AgFunder (http://agfunder.com), we invest in early-stage deeptech and deep science startups where the technology is, or could be adapted to, solving problems in food, ag, or the planet. Investments areas include AI, robotics, drones, biotech, techbio, synbio, materials ...more

Rob is a Founding Partner at AgFunder (http://agfunder.com), we invest in early-stage deeptech and deep science startups where the technology is, or could be adapted to, solving problems in food, ag, or the planet. Investments areas include AI, robotics, drones, biotech, techbio, synbio, materials science, photonics, and therapeutics. Rob is a Forbes contributor and has also been published in TechCrunch, Harvard Business Review, Financial Post, and twice in Nature journals (>500 citations across both publications). Rob has been invited to chair, speak, and keynote at dozens of global conferences. Rob has been interviewed by Bloomberg TV, CNBC (TV), Wall Street Journal, Forbes, LA Times, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, FastCompany, and Reuters. Rob has five degrees, spanning Philosophy, Computer Science (AI/Virtual Robotics), and Computational and Theoretical Biology, including a PhD from Yale University. You can contact him at rob.leclerc@agfunder.comRobless