Rob Coneybeer is a venture investor, mechanical engineer, and co-founder and Managing Director of Shasta Ventures, which he started in 2004 after about eight years at New Enterprise Associates. At Shasta, he has backed companies working across emerging technology platforms, including robotics, transportation, space, virtual reality, and consumer hardware. He led the firm’s Series A investment in Nest, later acquired by Google for $3.2 billion in 2014, and has supported more than 100 founders. Earlier, he worked as an engineer in Martin Marietta’s Astro Space division, contributing to the first A2100 satellite. Coneybeer serves as Board Chair of Endeavor New Zealand, supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in his home-country startup ecosystem. He earned a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia and Georgia Tech, respectively, and an MBA from Wharton, where he was a Palmer Scholar. Outside venture investing, he is a competitive car racer.
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