Robin Rothstein

GiantLeap Capital is a private equity and special situations investor with public and private DNA, we invest in mission critical B2B infrastructure technologies transforming key industries. I serve as a strategic operating and finance partner, overseeing all non-investment functions across the firm.

Active, private angel investor, I have built a portfolio of investments in companies primarily founded by women and other underrepresented entrepreneurs. I am a member and managing director of Golden Seeds, an angel investment network, and I am a participant in several investment syndicates. I serve as an advisor and mentor to early-stage founders.

Providing fractional CFO and COO services to Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds and their portfolio companies. With over 25 years of experience in the investment management industry, I have a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by investment funds and a passion for positioning them for rapid growth. I excel at applying industry best practices, governance, controls and strategic business development and I mitigate regulatory risk through my broad understanding of the regulatory compliance and reporting requirements within the investment funds landscape. As a fractional COO & CFO, I am committed to staying at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies.

A key strategic and operating partner from the firm’s inception, I was instrumental in shaping business strategy and fund structures. Identified and executed new business initiatives and played a crucial role in defining the firm’s long-term trajectory and identity. I led the firm’s finance/treasury, accounting and operations departments, creating seamless cross-functional support for the firm’s investment activities and setting the stage for Taconic’s exponential growth over 13 years. I oversaw the management company’s $80M operating budget and I executed the firm’s registration with the SEC and various global regulators and led the establishment of the New York, London, and Hong Kong Offices. I created and chaired the firm’s internal Credit and Counterparty Risk Committee and pioneered the development and creation of a credit and counterparty risk strategy that successfully mitigated credit, legal and operating risks and allowed the firm to maintain significant margin balances with its counterparties during the credit crises of 2007, the break-up of Bear Sterns and the 2008 collapse of Lehman, without incurring material losses attributable to counterparties and while also maintaining financial flexibility for the Hedge Funds and available liquidity in excess of the investment professionals needs. Led the technology function, analyzing build versus buy initiatives, overseeing the implementation of technology systems and business workflows, and ensuring that the company’s infrastructure would remain compliant with all current and upcoming regulations and support all future business needs. I had a major role in the creation of the firm’s due diligence materials for investors and counterparties. I served on the firm’s Valuation Committee, Business Continuity Plan Committee and the firm’s Management Committee and I served as an executive director of the firm’s Cayman domiciled funds.

I served as an executive director of the board for several offshore hedge fund companies that were domiciled in the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg. I served as a financial expert and member of the audit committees.

As the CFO for Kenneth D. Brody and his high-net-worth family office, I developed the legal, accounting and tax structure for several venture capital startups/roll-ups and private equity investments and I setup various investment vehicles, including partnerships, limited liability companies and offshore corporations. I was instrumental in the launch of a $30M private equity fund invested in the Czech Republic, and I structured the associated operations for the offices in both Washington, DC and Prague.

I managed the accounting department of this publicly traded software developer with annual revenues of more than $4M. I collaborated with CFO, external accountants and outside counsel in the preparation and execution of Company’s $5.3M Initial Public Offering and $6M Regulation S secondary offering.

Completed UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Executive Education immersion program in Corporate Governance and earned the recognition of Certified Director.

Completed the comprehensive program in Board Governance designed by the Kellogg Center for Executive Women and led by senior Kellogg faculty.

(completed approx. 75% of required credits for a BS in Accounting with 95% of the required Accounting and Finance coursework); G.P.A. 3.9