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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Robert Leshner

Founder, Compound & Robot Ventures at Robot Ventures

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeFiLendingInfrastructureReal World Assets

Their Thesis

Founder-investor perspective at Robot Ventures. Deep expertise in DeFi, having built one of the most important DeFi protocols (Compound). Backs founders building foundational DeFi infrastructure.

How to Pitch Them

Robert built Compound — he knows DeFi deeply. Skip the high-level pitch and go deep on protocol mechanics. Show you've thought through edge cases, liquidation scenarios, and oracle dependencies. He values pragmatic engineering over theoretical elegance.

What Excites Them

DeFi infrastructure, lending and borrowing innovation, interest rate mechanisms, institutional DeFi adoption, real-world asset tokenization.

In Their Own Words

“DeFi will eat traditional finance, one protocol at a time.”

— Interview

“DeFi lending is still in its dial-up era. We have barely scratched the surface of what's possible.”

— Interview

Recent Writing

The Future of DeFi Lendingblog

DeFi lending will absorb most of traditional lending within a decade.

Compound: An Algorithmic, Autonomous Interest Rate Protocolresearch

Algorithmic interest rates enable trustless lending at scale.

Podcast Appearances

Building Compound — Bankless
CompoundDeFilending

Robot Ventures Portfolio

Top Sectors

DeFi4

Stage Distribution

Seed4
UniswapDeFi
Seed$25.0M
CompoundDeFi
Seed$8.2M
GauntletDeFi
Seed$2.0M
MorphoDeFi
Seed$18.0M
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