Robert Siegel

Robert Siegel is a Partner at XSeed Capital, and his investment areas include business operations where computational technologies automate / improve company performance, mobile solutions for firms of all sizes, and software systems that shape both business and consumer behaviors.

He sits on the Boards of Directors of Foxeye Robotics and Avochato, and he led XSeed’s investments in Sparta Science, Zooz (acquired by PayU of Naspers – NPN), Hive, Lex Machina (acquired by LexisNexis of the RELX Group – RELX), CirroSecure (acquired by Palo Alto Networks – PANW), Disco, The League, Nova, Teapot (acquired by Stripe), Smart Coffee Technology, Pixlee, and SIPX (acquired by ProQuest).

Robert is on the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches The Industrialist’s Dilemma, Systems Leadership, Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategies of Effective Product Management, and Entrepreneurial Finance. In these classes he has led research and written cases on companies including Google, Charles Schwab, Daimler, AB InBev, Box, Stripe, General Electric, AngelList, 23andMe, Tableau, PayPal, SurveyMonkey, Medium, Autodesk, Minted, Zuora and Axel Springer amongst others.

Robert is a Member of the Supervisory Board of TTTech Auto AG, and is Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board for TTTech Computertechnik AG. He is a Member of the Industry Advisory Boards for Here Technologies and Tulco, and is the Co-President Emeritus of Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs. He was on the Board of SmartDrive Systems for 14 years (acquired by Omnitracs), and has has co-authored several articles for Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Forbes.

Prior to joining XSeed, Robert was General Manager of the Video and Software Solutions division for GE Security, with annual revenues of $350 million. Robert was also Executive Vice President of Pixim, Inc., a fabless semiconductor firm specializing in image sensors and processors (acquired by Sony). Before Pixim, Robert was Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Weave Innovations Inc. (acquired by Kodak), a network services developer that invented the world’s first digital picture frame, and delivered photos and other digital media to PCs and internet / mobile devices.

Robert served in various management roles at Intel Corporation, including an executive position in their Corporate Business Development division, in which he invested capital in startups that were strategically aligned with Intel’s vision.

Robert holds a BA from UC Berkeley, an MBA from Stanford University, is the co-inventor of four patents and served as lead researcher for Andy Grove’s book Only the Paranoid Survive.