Jennifer Gill Roberts

Jennifer Gill Roberts

Jennifer Gill Roberts currently serves on our board of directors. Ms. Roberts is a technologist, repeat entrepreneur and seasoned venture capitalist. She co-founded her current venture fund, Grit Ventures, in 2017 to focus on pre-seed investments in artificial intelligence and robotics. Ms. Roberts currently serves as the Managing Partner of Grit Ventures. Prior to Grit Ventures, Ms. Roberts co-founded RallyOn, a wellness gaming startup, and served as Chair and Chief Marketing Officer from July 2008 to November 2013. Prior to that, she was a founder and Managing Partner of Maven Venture Partners from March 2005 to September 2008 and Managing Partner at top tier venture capital firm, Sevin Rosen Funds, from August 1994 to November 2003, where she focused on investments in seed-stage market leading companies in optical and wireless equipment. Prior to her career in venture capital, Ms. Roberts led product and technical efforts at Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Sun Microsystems. Ms. Roberts currently serves on the board of directors of Cognitive Space, an artificial intelligence company in the satellite industry, RIOS Corporation, an artificial intelligence and robotics company focused on factory automation and Apptronik, a leader in robotic logistics platforms for government and commercial applications. Ms. Roberts has a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.