Robert Goldberg

Mr. Robert Goldberg is a Venture Partner at YL Ventures, having joined the firm in March 2008. He constitutes YL Ventures’ permanent presence in Silicon Valley, and helps the firm’s entrepreneurs access valley-based customers, partners and potential acquirers.

Mr. Goldberg was the Managing Director at Idealab, an early stage investor and incubator. There he became an acknowledged expert and innovator in the capital efficient strategy of "milestone investing" which ties frequent operating milestones to successive capital investments. Some of Mr. Goldberg’s investments include Clickshift, Brightmail, Snap, Insider Pages, X1, New.net/Vendare Media, Personal Bee, Trufina and Energy Innovations. Prior to joining Idealab, Mr. Goldberg spent more than 20 years in senior management and strategy positions at Internet, e-commerce and enterprise software companies, including NBCi, Looksmart, and Thinking Machines.

Mr. Goldberg has developed and invested in successful companies across many industries including Web Search, Decision Support Systems, Enterprise Search, Performance Based and Cross Media Advertising. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Applied Science from Columbia University in New York City.