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We propel innovators to build remarkable companies.

Our Approach

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We prefer to lead the round, or at least help shape the deal terms.  We find it critical to assemble the optimal Board of Directors (an area of our unique expertise):  by crafting the Board — the true leaders overseeing the enterprise — we significantly reduce risk and increase the odds of achieving outsized returns, for everyone.

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At Treasure Coast Ventures, we are wise stewards, investing a lot more than cash. We invest our time and expertise. We are active coaches & partners in progress, dedicated to nurturing the growth of high-potential companies that make meaningful advancements in society.

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Robert Padulo

What Led Me Into Venture Capital

Hi, I'm Robert Padulo, based in Vero Beach — 80 minutes North of West Palm Beach, on Florida’s Treasure Coast. In the past, I graduated from Harvard and earned my Ph.D. in Management at Oxford. I was a consultant at McKinsey & Co, and an entrepreneur for over 17 years. (Most recently, my wife & I launched an online program called "Startup Smart Kids" that teaches Personal Finance, and Entrepreneurship, to students (typically ages 11+) and their parents.) Over the past 6+ years, I’ve been a professional angel investor, Board member & Senior Advisor (and entrepreneur). I’ve been a mentor with 2 different accelerators one for Canadian Life Science companies, the other for Digital Tech, Deep Tech, and Digital Health startups at NYU's Endless Frontier Labs. 

 

I’m a member of several angel groups around the country, including Keiretsu Forum where I've been active in the Silicon Valley, Seattle and Mid-Atlantic + Southeast regions — Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY, and Mid-Atlantic Bioangels. I've made 21 direct investments personally, plus 83 investments by serving on the Investment Committee for Keiretsu Capital. I’m also an investor and “Tech & Business Advisor” to K2X Capital. I regularly serve as a judge of pitch contests such as PitchForce (often several a month, for both life science and tech startups), and on a half-dozen Advisory Boards and BODs, one of which I was Chairman. Among other things, I’m known for my analyses of valuations, exit plans & ROIs, and as a “thought leader” with expertise in startups’ boards (topics on which I’ve given talks and written white papers).

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Some examples of game-changing technology and healthcare companies with US operations

that Robert has invested in the past:

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-Meet the Team-

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