Rob Born Joins Academy Ventures as Partner
Academy Securities, the nation’s first Post-9/11 veteran owned and operated investment bank, today announced that Rob Born has joined Academy Ventures, the firm’s venture capital arm, as Partner. Mr. Born’s addition to the Academy Ventures team represents an important step for the firm to grow its venture investing efforts, primarily in the defense technology sector. To date, Academy Ventures has invested in over 20 companies with internal partners’ capital and plans to allow select outside investment capital in the near future.
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Mr. Born brings 25 years of venture capital, operating, and investment banking experience in the technology industry. Most recently, Mr. Born was SVP Corporate and Business Development at Vocera Communications (NYSE: VCRA) where he led the strategy to transform the Company into an intelligent workflow software provider, resulting in an approximate 10x increase in stock price before it was acquired by Stryker. Prior to Vocera, Mr. Born was Partner at Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, an early-stage technology venture capital fund where he had a successful investing track record. Mr. Born started his career as a technology company investment banker at Montgomery Securities. Mr. Born holds a J.D and M.B.A from Duke University, and a B.A. from Amherst College. He is a Member of the State Bar of California.
