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title: "The Seed 100: The Best Early-Stage Investors of 2021"
description: Business Insider named Jesse Robbins to its 2021 Seed 100, its ranking of the best early-stage venture investors, built with Tribe Capital. An investor in developer tools and infrastructure, his entry cited seed investments in Conjur, LaunchDarkly, and Zymergen. Robbins cofounded Chef and the DevOps movement.
doc_version: "1.0"
last_updated: 2021-04-02
slug: seed-100-businessinsider-2021
outlet: Business Insider
author: Melia Russell, Michael Haley, Candy Cheng, and Margaux MacColl
date: 2021-04-02
url: https://www.businessinsider.com/seed-100-top-early-stage-vc-investors-2021-4
type: Article
excerpt: Business Insider named Jesse Robbins to its 2021 Seed 100, its ranking of the best early-stage venture investors, built with Tribe Capital. An investor in developer tools and infrastructure, his entry cited seed investments in Conjur, LaunchDarkly, and Zymergen. Robbins cofounded Chef and the DevOps movement.
quote: Robbins is the right investor to call in an emergency.
quoteAuthor: Business Insider
tags:
  - Jesse Robbins
  - Business Insider
  - Awards
  - Investor Rankings
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed Stage Investing
  - Early-Stage Investing
  - Developer Tools
  - Heavybit
  - Amazon
  - Chef
  - LaunchDarkly
---

> "Robbins is the right investor to call in an emergency."
> — Business Insider

Business Insider named me to the 2021 Seed 100, a ranking of early-stage investors built with Tribe Capital from data on about a thousand seed investors.

## Also Mentioned

- [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com) (company)
- [Heavybit](https://www.heavybit.com) (company)
- [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com) (company)
- [Chef Software](https://www.chef.io) (company)
- [Conjur](https://www.conjur.org) (company)
- [LaunchDarkly](https://launchdarkly.com) (company)
- [Zymergen](https://www.zymergen.com) (company)
- Orion Labs (company)

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