# Rob Taylor

> Rob Taylor is a seed investor at Silverton Partners backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silverton Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silverton-partners)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjtaylor
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gorobtaylor
- Website: http://www.pivotfreight.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gorobtaylor

Rob Taylor is a seed investor at Silverton Partners in Austin focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Rob Taylor Currently works as a Operating Partner for Silverton Partners. He previously worked at project44 as a President, Last Mile. Rob Taylor attended Virginia Tech.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 80% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Automotive | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avid AI | Avid AI is an AI platform that provides donor data for nonprofit organizations. | $6.5M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| ICOM AI | Konect.ai is an artificial intelligence company operating in the automotive sector. | $5.5M | Seed | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Press Technologies | Press Technologies provides customers an easier way to get laundry and dry cleaning done. Press is an app based company designed to provide an on demand dry cleaning delivery service in Austin, TX. | $500K |  | Aug 10, 2017 |  |
| ROIKOI | ROIKOI built the world’s first talent recommendation graph to unlock all the value in employee networks. Automated outreach to 20 ROIKOI candidates yields 7 interviews and 1 hire with an average retention of 2 years. In our most recent case study, 69% of candidates were female, and 77% were non-white. | $1.9M | Angel | Apr 25, 2016 |  |
| Testlio | Testlio helps businesses deliver amazing customer experiences by providing a community of highly vetted testers and an end-to-end QA management platform. They assemble your dedicated QA dream team from their vetted, experienced, and passionate tester community. Their platform seamlessly integrates into the tools that you already use andconnects you with the team giving you a high degree of visibility. They work around the clock and around the world, on any platform, so you hit every deadline and launch better products, faster.Their customers include Microsoft, Lyft, Salesforce, CBS Interactive, Flipboard, Strava. Learn more at testlio.com | $1M | Convertible Note | Nov 28, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Click Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/click-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deep Space Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deep-space-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Upslope Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galvanize) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Geekdom Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geekdom-fund-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Silverton Partners

VC Fund · Austin, United States

Silverton Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides institutional capital and mentorship in Austin. Silverton's investment team comes from an operating background. The firm was founded in 2006 by Bill Wood and Morgan Flager and is based in Austin, Texas, United States.

5 contacts available at Silverton Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Addie Rasche | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addie-rasche |
| Kip McClanahan | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kip-mcclanahan |
| Michael Dodd | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-dodd |
| Roger Chen | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-chen-4 |
| Rob Taylor | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-taylor |

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## FAQ

### What does Rob Taylor invest in?

Rob Taylor invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 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 Taylor last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rob Taylor closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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