Mr Robert Chaplinsky

KANDO id: 16348

Bio

Rob Chaplinsky is a co-founder and Managing Director of Bridgescale Partners, a venture capital and growth equity firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Toronto. Rob has been an active investor for over 14 years investing in companies such Accelerant Networks (acquired by Synopsys), Brion Technologies (acquired by ASML), Cooligy (acquired by Emerson Electric), Form Factor (nasdaq, FORM), Pivotal Technologies (acquired by Broadcom), Quake Technologies (acquired by AMCC). At Bridgescale, Rob focuses on expansion stage companies targeting enterprise software, cloud computing, virtualization, advanced analytics, social computing, and security. Rob’s recent investments include BlueCat Networks, Cortina Systems, Dayforce, IMVU, Proofpoint and Xactly. Prior to forming Bridgescale, Rob was as a general partner at early stage venture capital firm, Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) and prior to that worked in various marketing positions at Intel Corporation focused on mobile computing, servers and video. Rob has a B. Sc in Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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