# Rob Schmiedeler

> Rob Schmiedeler is a Series A investor at High Country Venture backing Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [High Country Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-country-venture)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2009
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-schmiedeler-8a37304

Rob Schmiedeler is a Series A investor at High Country Venture focused on Analytics and Cyber Security. Rob Schmiedeler has been a partner with High Country Venture since 2007. From 2004-2006, Rob served as chief financial officer of ICG Communications, playing an instrumental role in the acquisition, restructuring and successful disposition of the Denver-based telecommunications provider. Prior to ICG, Rob was chief financial officer ofServiceMagic, Inc., the nation's leading online contractor referral service based in Golden, Colorado. Before joining ServiceMagic, Rob was a partner and co-head of Investments at Tango, a private investment company in Boulder, Colorado. Previously, he spent 11 years with Merrill Lynch & Co. in Chicago, in positions including director of Investment Banking. Rob received his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his B.S. in Finance from Bradley University in 1988.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 50% |
| Event Management | 1 | 50% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LogRhythm | LogRhythm is a world leader in NextGen SIEM, empowering thousands of enterprises on six continents to successfully reduce cyber and operational risk by rapidly detecting, responding to, and neutralizing damaging cyberthreats. The LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform combines advanced security analytics; user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA); networkdetection and response (NDR); and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) in a single end-to-end solution. LogRhythm’s technology serves as the foundation for the world’s most modern enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), helping customers measurably secure their cloud, physical, and virtual infrastructures for both IT and OT environments. Built for security professionals by security professionals, the LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform has won a countless customer and industry accolades. | $3.1M | Series B | Apr 01, 2009 |  |
| LogRhythm | LogRhythm is a world leader in NextGen SIEM, empowering thousands of enterprises on six continents to successfully reduce cyber and operational risk by rapidly detecting, responding to, and neutralizing damaging cyberthreats. The LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform combines advanced security analytics; user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA); networkdetection and response (NDR); and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) in a single end-to-end solution. LogRhythm’s technology serves as the foundation for the world’s most modern enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), helping customers measurably secure their cloud, physical, and virtual infrastructures for both IT and OT environments. Built for security professionals by security professionals, the LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform has won a countless customer and industry accolades. | $3.3M | Series A | Nov 18, 2007 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Access Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Colorado Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-colorado-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About High Country Venture

VC Fund · Boulder, United States

The Colorado Fund is a venture capital fund seeking to invest in seed and early stage businesses in Colorado. The fund will focus its investments in Life Sciences (including biotechnology, clean technology, and medical devices), information technology (including software and Internet companies) and retail. They encourage all qualified businesses inrural areas who are seeking capital to submit a business plan, regardless of the industry you are in.

4 contacts available at High Country Venture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher A. Marks | Team Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-a-marks |
| Mark T. Lupa | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-t-lupa |
| Rob Schmiedeler | partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-schmiedeler |
| Scott Beck | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-beck-1de8 |

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## FAQ

### What does Rob Schmiedeler invest in?

Rob Schmiedeler invests primarily in Analytics, Cyber Security and Event Management startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rob Schmiedeler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rob Schmiedeler closed in Apr 2009. Shizune tracks 2 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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