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- What awards and recognition has Jesse Robbins received?
Jesse Robbins has been named to Business Insider's Seed 100 (2021 and 2026) and its 30 most successful early-stage investors (2024), and to MIT Technology Review's TR35 (2011) for his engineering work at Amazon and Opscode.
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The Seed 100: The Best Early-Stage Investors of 2026
Business Insider named Jesse Robbins to its 2026 Seed 100, its annual ranking of the best early-stage venture investors. Robbins invests in AI developer tools and infrastructure, with recent investments including Figure AI, Shield AI, Instacart, and Fastly. He cofounded Chef and the DevOps movement.
“I look for founders who want to build the operating system for entire industries. This requires extraordinary taste, grit, drive, and a vision for the future.”
Jesse Robbins Named One of the 30 Most Successful Early-Stage Startup Investors
Business Insider named Jesse Robbins one of the 30 most successful early-stage startup investors of 2024. An investor in developer tools and infrastructure, his entry cited investments in Fastly, PagerDuty, LaunchDarkly, and CircleCI. Robbins cofounded Chef and the DevOps movement.
The Seed 100: The Best Early-Stage Investors of 2021
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.
“Robbins is the right investor to call in an emergency.”