Bio

Rob is the founder and Managing Partner of Elm Street Ventures. Mr. Bettigole has broad experience as an entrepreneur and as a venture capitalist. His venture capital experience was gained as a partner at Rothschild Inc. and Investor AB, where his investments included Maxim Integrated Products, Gensia Pharmaceuticals, and Microgenics Corporation. Subsequently, he helped found Surety Technologies, Inc., a spin out from Bellcore, and Alexion (NASDAQ: ALXN), with researchers from the Yale Medical School. Before founding Elm Street, Mr. Bettigole was president of a family business, which he successfully developed and sold. Rob sits on the boards of Elm Street portfolio companies Retail Optimization, Inc., Samara Innovations, and ShareGrove, and is Elm Street’s board observer at BioRelix and Affomix. Mr. Bettigole has a BS in Engineering & Applied Science from Yale University and an MPPM from the Yale School of Management, where he is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer and holds several U.S. and foreign patents.