Robert Johnson

Experience

Managing Director 2015 - 2018 (over 3 years)

- Ran four Techstars programs, making roughly 10 seed-stage venture capital investments per year
- The 40 investments made through Techstars have raised over $150 million... more

City Falcon

Advisor 2014 - Present (over 12 years)

Makers

Cofounder & CEO 2012 - 2014 (over 1 year)

- Headed the company’s vision, marketing, strategy and product development initiatives
- Validated the business model through an extensive use of build-measure-learn experimentation
-... more

Lunchio

Advisor

Mimo

Advisor

self

Fundraising and Product-Market-Fit Coach 2020 - Present (over 6 years)

- Assisted tech startup founders in developing a fundraising strategy and securing funding
- Coached founders in preparing their financial modeling, customer acquisition... more

Forward Partners

Entrepreneur in Residence 2012 (5 months)

- Analyzed dozens of industries and business models in search of profitable market opportunities
- Utilized early-stage validation techniques such as lean startup experimentation,... more

Northern Michigan University

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION GRADUATE ASSISTANT & STUDENT 2011 - 2012 (over 1 year)

United States Department of the Army

Military Intelligence - Mandarin Chinese Linguist & Intelligence Analyst 2003 - 2010 (over 7 years)

Employee

Techstars, Makers, City Falcon, United States Department of the Army, Northern Michigan University, Forward Partners, self

Advisor

Lunchio, Mimo

Education

About

Achievements

First investor in Arweave. It eventually hit a $2B+ market cap.
I founded Europe's largest coding bootcamp and brought it to profitability within 12 months.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Founder MBA Product Development Sales All skills in the marketing industry Budgeting Financial Financial Modeling Forecasting Venture Capital

Locations

Austin

Robert Johnson (He/Him)

Investor @arweave. Former Managing Director @techstars. Cofounder @makers.tech. I help founders to grow great businesses.

First investor in Arweave. It eventually hit a $2B+ market cap.
I founded Europe's largest coding bootcamp and brought it to profitability within 12 months.

Robert Johnson (He/Him)

Investor @arweave. Former Managing Director @techstars. Cofounder @makers.tech. I help founders to grow great businesses.

First investor in Arweave. It eventually hit a $2B+ market cap. I founded Europe's largest coding bootcamp and brought it to profitability within 12 months.

First investor in Arweave. It eventually hit a $2B+ market cap.
I founded Europe's largest coding bootcamp and brought it to profitability within 12 months.