# Bob Rees

> Bob Rees is a Series B investor at Startup Capital Ventures backing SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Startup Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-capital-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-rees-11a89423

Bob Rees is an experienced venture capitalist with a 25-year track record of forming, incubating, funding, and growing successful young companies. His background also includes operating executive experience in sales, marketing, and strategic planning positions with two Fortune 500 companies (Mobil and Tenneco).As a Special Limited Partner ofWoodside Fund from 1993 to 1999, Bob built a successful investment record including exits for Innova Corporation, Hotrail, and AccelGraphics. Bob and three of his Woodside Fund partners left the firm in 1999 to form Access Venture Partners, an affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. As a Managing Director of Access Venture Partners until 2004, Bob sourced technology deals in Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma and syndicated these deals with top-tier venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. At Access, Bob led the firm's syndication of Dallas-based Cashworks, Inc. which was later sold to General Electric Card Services.Prior to his venture roles at Woodside Fund and Access Venture Partners, Bob led the successful diversification of Rees/Source Ventures, Inc., a family-owned oil and gas business, through creation of a venture capital investment program.Bob held key executive positions at Mobil and Tenneco and led the sales and marketing group at a Kentucky-based start-up. In 1987, he launched the Oklahoma City Innovation Center as Oklahoma's first privately run business incubator. He also played an active role in helping the state develop its own entrepreneurial and venture capital initiatives, which culminated in the founding of the Oklahoma Capital Investment Board (OCIB) and Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center (OTCC).Bob continues as an active board member of QuanTEM Laboratories, one of the Oklahoma companies originally incubated by the Oklahoma City Innovation Center. He holds an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and a BA in business from Principia College.At Startup Capital Ventures, Bob serves on the boards of WhiteHat Security and Xignite. He is also a board observer at EzRez Software, Suturenetics, and Think Finance.Bob was born in Oklahoma to a family with a long history of entrepreneurship. Risk taking was encouraged and successful results were celebrated. When not at SCV, Bob enjoys spending time with his wife and family which includes two adult children and three grandchildren. He enjoys California hiking and Oklahoma football.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 50% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Real Time | 1 | 25% |
| Loyalty Programs | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xignite | Named one of the ten coolest brands in banking, Xignite, Inc. provides cloud-based financial market data APIs to help emerging companies and established enterprises deliver real-time and reference market data to their digital assets, such as websites and apps. Xignite’s clients include more than 1,000 financial services, media and softwarecompanies from disruptive fintech firms, such as Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Robinhood, StockTwits, Wealthfront and Yodlee, to leading financial institutions, exchanges and market data vendors including, Nasdaq , SIX Financial Information and BMO. For more information, visit http://www.xignite.com or follow on Twitter @xignite. | $20.5M | Series C | Feb 08, 2016 |  |
| Xignite | Named one of the ten coolest brands in banking, Xignite, Inc. provides cloud-based financial market data APIs to help emerging companies and established enterprises deliver real-time and reference market data to their digital assets, such as websites and apps. Xignite’s clients include more than 1,000 financial services, media and softwarecompanies from disruptive fintech firms, such as Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Robinhood, StockTwits, Wealthfront and Yodlee, to leading financial institutions, exchanges and market data vendors including, Nasdaq , SIX Financial Information and BMO. For more information, visit http://www.xignite.com or follow on Twitter @xignite. | $10.7M | Series B | Sep 13, 2011 |  |
| Xignite | Named one of the ten coolest brands in banking, Xignite, Inc. provides cloud-based financial market data APIs to help emerging companies and established enterprises deliver real-time and reference market data to their digital assets, such as websites and apps. Xignite’s clients include more than 1,000 financial services, media and softwarecompanies from disruptive fintech firms, such as Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Robinhood, StockTwits, Wealthfront and Yodlee, to leading financial institutions, exchanges and market data vendors including, Nasdaq , SIX Financial Information and BMO. For more information, visit http://www.xignite.com or follow on Twitter @xignite. | $5.7M | Series A | Nov 13, 2009 |  |
| Switchfly | Switchfly is a global technology company that powers travel commerce, loyalty program engagement and ancillary product offerings for some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Leading airlines, hotels, online travel agencies and financial service providers depend on Switchfly to power their omni-channel travel experiences because it uniquelycombines a highly scalable and secure architecture with deep product and content inventory. | $15M | Series B | Aug 01, 2007 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [StarVest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starvest-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Azure Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azure-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Startup Capital Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Startup Capital Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the enterprise. Based in Silicon Valley, we focus on early-stage companies that require relatively small amounts of capital to achieve success. The firm leverages its investments with unparalleled operations experience from a team of seasoned professionals. Generally, wetarget capital efficient companies, such as software, that are generating some revenue and can show likelihood of reaching near-term profitability.We focus on investing in strong management teams, not just technologies and strive to build a supportive working relationship with their companies based on flexibility, integrity, and patience.We know firsthand the hard work and challenges of building successful companies. Our extensive network of strategic contacts and their presence makes a difference in how rapidly our companies achieve critical milestones. Our geographic focus is principally Silicon Valley as well as Hawaii, Texas, and Oklahoma, where the firm has extensive relationships.

5 contacts available at Startup Capital Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Rees | General Partner | — |
| Catherine Ngo | Venture Partner | — |
| Denis Coleman | Strategic Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denis-coleman |
| Donavan Kealoha | Managing Director | — |
| John Davidson | Founder & GP | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Bob Rees invest in?

Bob Rees invests primarily in SaaS, Travel and FinTech startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Bob Rees last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bob Rees closed in Feb 2016. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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