Professional summary
Rob Theis is General Partner and Chief Investment Officer at World Innovation Lab. WiL describes him as a multi-stage technology investor focused on entrepreneurs using technology to solve business problems and create global impact. His official profile lists current and previous investments across enterprise software, automation, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and B2B platforms. Before venture investing, he worked at Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, and New Era of Networks. Public RingCentral board materials also identify him as a WiL General Partner and cite investments including Asana, Automation Anywhere, Auth0, BrightRoll, DocuSign, Fortinet, HubSpot, and RingCentral.
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Framing and angles for outreach
A founder should lead with a strong enterprise technology narrative: a large business problem, clear evidence of product-market pull, and a path to category leadership. The most relevant pitch angle is a company using software, AI, automation, cloud, or security technology to solve a meaningful operational problem for business customers.
What the partner has said or done recently
WiL's current profile lists Rob Theis as associated with a broad active portfolio including Aisera, Aiven, Algolia, Canva, Cresta, DataRobot, DeepL, Framer, Gorgias, Kong, Levelpath, Pipedream, R-Zero, Rippling, Sendbird, and Workstream.
RingCentral's board profile continues to identify him as a WiL General Partner and cites his investment track record in enterprise technology companies.
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