Technology
Rich Boyle
General Partner / West Coast
Since 2016
Rich is a longtime operations executive turned venture capitalist who invests in real estate tech, artificial intelligence, robotics and marketplaces. Rich was the President, Chairman and CEO of LoopNet, the leading online marketplace for the Commercial Real Estate industry. He led LoopNet through a successful IPO in 2006 and an eventual $900 million sale to CoStar Group. Earlier, Rich was SVP of Products & Technology at Risk Management Solutions and, immediately prior to joining Canaan, an Operating Partner with Khosla Ventures. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Rich in 5
Origins: Grew up in rural Nebraska - farm country
Sport: Basketball - would rather play, but if watching it’s the Warriors
Dream Job: NBA sharpshooter
Interests: Active & outdoors: basketball, snowboarding, motorcycling, hiking
Accomplishments: Serial entrepreneur at great startups
Investments
Current
NASDAQ (BGRY)
Previous
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Bond
Acquired by FIS -
GrokStyle
Acquired by Facebook -
Property Capsule
Acquired by VTS
Latest
Hermeus Unveils Jet-Powered Quarterhorse Mk1 Drone
Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies: Tomorrow.io is the Source When Tomorrow’s Weather Forecast Calls for Accuracy
Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies: How Dusty Robotics Maps a Path to More Efficient Construction
TechCrunch: Tomorrow.io’s Radar Satellites Use Machine Learning to Punch Well Above Their Weight
Hermeus Completes Iron Bird Quarterhorse Testing
TechCrunch: Diligent raises $25 million to triple its nursing robot’s reach
Rich Boyle: Meet Moxi: Why We Invested in Diligent Robotics
New York To Paris In 90 Minutes. Can This Startup Make It Happen?
Forbes: Hermeus Named to Forbes' Next Billion Dollar Startups
CNBC: Tomorrow.io Aims to Revolutionize Forecasting with a Constellation of Radar Satellites
FinLedger: Lev raises $170M, including Series B led by First American new VC brand
Business Insider: This founder just raised $30 million for a startup that helps small-business owners buy their properties
Fast Company: withco helps small businesses buy their buildings so they don’t get priced out
Forbes: withco emerges from stealth with $30 million to help small businesses own their real estate
Rich Boyle: The birth of small business commercial
CNN Travel: Why a Mach 5 passenger plane is a crazy idea that might just work
TechCrunch: Commercial real estate lending startup Lev brings in $30M on a $130M valuation
Rich Boyle: Laying it all out with Dusty Robotics
TechCrunch: The fulfilling world of warehouse robotics
Forbes: Archipelago raises $34M to connect the scattered risk insurance market
TechCrunch: Weather app ClimaCell is now Tomorrow.io and raises $77M
WSJ: Warehouse robotics provider Berkshire Grey to go public through SPAC deal
TechCrunch: Supersonic aircraft startup Hermeus raises $16M Series A
Insurance Insider: Shah’s Archipelago Analytics structuring $500B of property data for mega-insureds
Rich Boyle: Introducing Archipelago
Forbes: Zibo raises $10.5M, unveils banking and rent payment platform for small landlords
TechCrunch: ClimaCell raises $23M Series C for its weather intelligence platform
Bloomberg: Wells Fargo backs former NFL kicker’s single-family rental firm
VentureBeat: Uber taps ClimaCell to improve ETA estimates with hyper-local weather data
VentureBeat: Berkshire Grey raises $263 million for industrial robots
TechCrunch: As retail robotics heats up, Berkshire Grey raises $263M
The Information: Silicon Valley braces for belt tightening
Washington Post: Private weather company ClimaCell to spin off nonprofit to tackle weather forecasting, early warnings in Africa
Forbes: ClimaCell named to AI 50 - America’s most promising artificial intelligence companies
The Financial Times: SoftBank strikes deal with Berkshire Grey warehouse robotics
The Washington Post: Meet the ClimaCell weather app. Alerting you when it’s about to rain, down to the minute, all around the world.
Fortune: How ClimaCell could revolutionize weather forecasting
Bloomberg: SoftBank backs ClimaCell, startup pioneering hyper-accurate weather reports
TechCrunch: ClimaCell bets on IoT for better weather forecasts
Bloomberg: Facebook acquires GrokStyle, visual shopping startup, to bolster AI work
TechCrunch: ClimaCell and Google team up to launch a new high-resolution weather forecast for India
Businessweek: These robots help Amazon’s competitors narrow the delivery gap
Axios: ClimaCell raises $45 million for short-term weather forecasting data
Rich Boyle: Enjoying an AI summer
Fortune Term Sheet: Rich Boyle – 5 Qs with a dealmaker
TechCrunch: Apartment List raises $50 million for home rentals
Boston Globe: Startup promises a weather report just for your block
Entrepreneur: Why this ruthlessly prioritizing entrepreneur says you should write down one goal each day
Michael Beckerman: On the startup road: Canaan Partners
TechCrunch: Grokstyle is putting computer to vision to work at home with $2m in funding
TechCrunch: Apartment List raises $30 million to find you a home
Mynd secures $5.5 million in funding
Crowdfund Insider: At the intersection of fintech: Canaan Partners
Spotlight: Q&A with Rich Boyle
Rich in 5
Origins: Grew up in rural Nebraska - farm country
Sport: Basketball - would rather play, but if watching it’s the Warriors
Dream Job: NBA sharpshooter
Interests: Active & outdoors: basketball, snowboarding, motorcycling, hiking
Accomplishments: Serial entrepreneur at great startups