Partner
Robert Ross
Founder and Partner, Harbright Ventures
- Firm
- Harbright Ventures
- Title
- Founder and Partner
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 22 September 2026
About
Robert Earl Ross, one of Harbright’s three founding partners, is a successful business executive with a broad background of management responsibilities - engineering, business development, strategy, accounting, and finance - and experience raising early-stage capital for several companies. Robert’s career includes full-time executive roles at Signalscape, Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, and multiple fractional officer roles at emerging companies. In 2009, Robert founded Brightleaf Consulting Group, a strategy consulting firm and sister company to Harbright. He manages Harbright’s engagement with the Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN). He holds board positions with Chekhub and Chalkless while serving as a board observer for Voxel Innovations, SonoVascular, and VQ Biomedical.
Background
- Education
- He holds undergraduate degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Mathematics from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, with a concentration in Finance. Robert is a Fuqua Scholar.Source (opens in a new tab)
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