Partner
Robert Fenwick-Smith
Founder & Managing Partner, Aravaipa Venture Fund
- Firm
- Aravaipa Venture Fund
- Title
- Founder & Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 20 September 2026
About
Robert founded Aravaipa in early 2008 with 20 years of global experience managing, acquiring, founding, building, merging, and selling companies. Robert’s previous fund managing experience was at Robannic n.v., a Private Equity Fund, from 1988 to 2002. As co-founder and CEO of Robannic’s ROMACO Group for 12 years, Robert lead the growth of this roll-up in the pharmaceutical packaging and processing machinery sector from its inception to $200 million in sales and a successful exit. He currently serves as Chairman of AXIT AG (Germany), a leading Cloud Supply Chain Management company, where he led a turnaround to current high profitability. From 2002 to 2006, he led the successful globalization of Tattile (Italy), an imaging technology innovator.
Background
- Education
- He has a BA in Economics from HEC Lausanne (Switzerland) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Source (opens in a new tab)
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