Rob Smith

Rob Smith is founder at Team Huddle, an AI-powered tech company focused on the future of work. With 15 years of leadership experience in AI, technology and marketing firms, Rob understands that people work – and meet – differently across roles and industries. With his team, Rob is on a mission to put people at the center of meetings with ScheduleIQ by using AI and machine learning to help people do their best work and achieve positive work-life balance. Previously, he founded three other startups and served as interim CxO and advisory roles at a half dozen VC-backed Bay Area startups over the past three years.

In 2022, Rob started a new adventure as a partner in M13. He explains, “This company is an early-stage (seed and Series A) venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses. Established in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, we are a full-stack partner that brings a deep bench of full-time operators to help founders outperform and build category-defining companies. Our Propulsion model helps founders execute faster and with less capital towards better outcomes, with 3x people on our Propulsion team for every one investing team member.

Our portfolio includes more than 200 direct investments, with 25 exits to date. M13 has seeded seven companies and been in the Series A of five others that went on to achieve unicorn status. Messier 13 (or M13) is one of the brightest star clusters in the northern sky. It’s full of remarkable individual stars, but when those stars come together, they create something that’s truly greater than the sum of its parts—inspiring the M13 philosophy of “brighter together.” We’re proud that M13 has been awarded as a Built In Best Place to Work in both LA and NYC multiple years running.”