# Bob Davis

> Bob Davis is a Series A investor at Highland Capital Partners backing Internet and Mobile. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Highland Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highland-capital-partners)
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobdavis4/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BobDavisHCP
- Website: https://x.com/BobDavisHCP

Bob Davis is a General Partner at Highland Capital Partners and an Executive Chairman at Highland Transcend Partners. He was a CEO at Lycos. Bob attended Northeastern University and Babson College.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6M–$23M |
| Series B | $4M–$50M |
| Series C | $10M–$77M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 20% |
| Mobile | 2 | 10% |
| Software | 2 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 10% |
| Advertising | 2 | 10% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 30% |
| Series B | 5 | 25% |
| Series C | 5 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series E | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TympaHealth | TympaHealth has developed the world's first ear and hearing health assessment system. The Tympa system empowers non-specialists to perform high definition digital otoscopy, microsuction wax removal and a hearing screening, all in a single 30 minute appointment. Users can also upload patient images and video to the secure cloud, where they canbe reviewed by ENT specialists anywhere in the world. | $23M | Series A | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $35M | Series C | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Vecna Robotics | Vecna Robotics offers automated material handling, hybrid fulfillment, and workflow optimization solutions. The company aims to revolutionize customer productivity by delivering the best automation technologies. By placing workflows over robots, the company ensures that all parts and players complement each other. | $65M | Series C | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $15M | Series B | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $6M | Series A | Mar 26, 2020 |  |
| Vecna Robotics | Vecna Robotics offers automated material handling, hybrid fulfillment, and workflow optimization solutions. The company aims to revolutionize customer productivity by delivering the best automation technologies. By placing workflows over robots, the company ensures that all parts and players complement each other. | $50M | Series B | Jan 07, 2020 |  |
| LovePop | Lovepop creates unique, laser-cut pop-up cards that unfolds like a miniature surprise. The company sells 3D pop-up greeting cards for every occasion and works with retailers, businesses, and event hosts to make their message pop on custom orders.The company helps customers build and strengthen personal relationships that go beyond the connectionscommon in a hectic, digital world.Lovepop was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $10M | Series B | Dec 10, 2019 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $1.9M | Seed | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| SessionM | SessionM is a customer loyalty and engagement platform empowering the world’s most innovative brands to forge stronger and more profitable customer relationships. The platform scales for the enterprise, globally. SessionM is headquartered in Boston with offices around the globe. | $23.8M | Series E | Jul 23, 2018 |  |
| LovePop | Lovepop creates unique, laser-cut pop-up cards that unfolds like a miniature surprise. The company sells 3D pop-up greeting cards for every occasion and works with retailers, businesses, and event hosts to make their message pop on custom orders.The company helps customers build and strengthen personal relationships that go beyond the connectionscommon in a hectic, digital world.Lovepop was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $12.5M | Series A | Jan 03, 2018 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Goldman Sachs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Avon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avon-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Communitas Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/communitas-asset-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Communitas Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/communitas-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Highland Capital Partners

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Founded in 1988, Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm focused on putting the entrepreneur first.With offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai, Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies, resulting in category-defining businesses across consumer and enterprisetechnology.Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Leap Motion, LevelUp, Lycos, MapQuest, Nebula, QD Vision, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, RentJuice, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, Violin Memory, VistaPrint and WePay.Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level.

5 contacts available at Highland Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Davis | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-davis |
| Corey Mulloy | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corey-mulloy |
| Craig Driscoll | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-driscoll |
| Gregory Botte | Finance Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-botte |
| Jessica Pelletier | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jessica-pelletier |

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## FAQ

### What does Bob Davis invest in?

Bob Davis invests primarily in Internet, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bob Davis's check size?

Bob Davis typically joins rounds of $6M–$23M at Series A, $4M–$50M at Series B and $10M–$77M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bob Davis participates in.

### When did Bob Davis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bob Davis closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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