# Robert Gierkink

> Robert Gierkink is a seed investor at Index (Boston) backing Mobile and Retail. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Index](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-gierkink-b3286b2

Robert Gierkink is a seed investor at Index in Boston focused on Mobile and Retail. As an Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst Partners, Rob Gierkink focuses on investing in early stage technology companies.Prior to founding DataLogix, Rob co-founded three of the world’s largest cross-merchant loyalty programs. He was most recently CEO of Loyalty Management Group (LMG), the company that operates the United Kingdom’slargest loyalty program, Nectar, with over 50% of UK households participating. Under Rob’s leadership, the company grew from start-up to over $400 million in revenues in under six years. LMG was sold to Group Aeroplan in December 2007 in a $750 million cash transaction. He also co-founded the largest loyalty programs in Canada (Air Miles Reward Program) and the Netherlands (Air Miles Program), which today have 70% and 50% of households participating in their respective countries. He has keynoted the DMA’s annual conference, and served as a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School and London Business School.Rob is a graduate of Ryerson University, earning a Bachelor of Business Management and Harvard Business School, where he received an M.B.A.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Grocery | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flashfood | Flashfood is the App for Grocery's best Deals. As a certified B-corp, our mission is to Feed Families, not Landfills. Our marketplace connects Food Retailers in North America who have product that is near-expiry or surplus that may have been destined for waste, and offer it instead to motivated Consumers who want to save serious cash. B2B2Cthat has saved consumers over $250B USD and redirected over 150M pounds of food from waste streams. | $12.3M | Series A | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Flashfood | Flashfood is the App for Grocery's best Deals. As a certified B-corp, our mission is to Feed Families, not Landfills. Our marketplace connects Food Retailers in North America who have product that is near-expiry or surplus that may have been destined for waste, and offer it instead to motivated Consumers who want to save serious cash. B2B2Cthat has saved consumers over $250B USD and redirected over 150M pounds of food from waste streams. | $4M | Seed | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| Index | Index is challenging the status quo of how retailers engage with their customers. We are a retail software company that brings the personalization and measurement of online commerce to the offline world. Index provides retailers with security and an advantage to elevate service, personalize experiences and measure the ROI of their efforts.Seeing a unique opportunity to directly serve the needs of top-tier retailers, former Google Wallet Product and Engineering leads Marc Freed-Finnegan and Jonathan Wall founded Index in early 2012. Our bench includes the team that conceptualized and developed Google Wallet, provided technical leadership for Google’s big data efforts, and partnered with retailers at Apple, Google and Oracle. In addition, our advisors were C-level executives at Saks, Whole Foods, Jamba Juice, Burger King, J.Crew and Williams-Sonoma. | $19M | Series B | Jun 30, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Food Retail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mccann-investments-advisory) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ArcTern Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arctern-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Matchstick Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matchstick-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [S2G Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s2g-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Index

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Index is challenging the status quo of how retailers engage with their customers. We are a retail software company that brings the personalization and measurement of online commerce to the offline world. Index provides retailers with security and an advantage to elevate service, personalize experiences and measure the ROI of their efforts.Seeing a unique opportunity to directly serve the needs of top-tier retailers, former Google Wallet Product and Engineering leads Marc Freed-Finnegan and Jonathan Wall founded Index in early 2012. Our bench includes the team that conceptualized and developed Google Wallet, provided technical leadership for Google’s big data efforts, and partnered with retailers at Apple, Google and Oracle. In addition, our advisors were C-level executives at Saks, Whole Foods, Jamba Juice, Burger King, J.Crew and Williams-Sonoma.

1 contacts available at Index.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Gierkink | Board Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-gierkink |

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## FAQ

### What does Robert Gierkink invest in?

Robert Gierkink invests primarily in Mobile, Retail and Grocery startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Robert Gierkink last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robert Gierkink closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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