Bob Crimmins

Bob Crimmins

Investor at Rockfish, Inc.
Seattle, Washington, United States

Bob Crimmins is currently an investor at 2Morrow, BuzzIt Inc., and DataMynt, a mentor at Alchemist Accelerator, and a shareholder at APImetrics. He founded Startup Haven, a startup community organization, in 2006 and remains involved. His expertise includes venture capital, entrepreneurship, engineering, and business model analysis.

Bob Crimmins On Early Stage Startups And His Journey To Investing In The Early Ones

Bob Crimmins is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience as a startup founder, mentor, advisor, writer, speaker, and organizer. He is the founder and general partner of Startup Haven Ventures, a pre-seed venture fund and accelerator that has grown into the largest founder and investor community of its kind, with over 2,500 members across the U.S. Bob’s entrepreneurial journey began early in life, working in his family’s business at age nine and launching various ventures throughout his youth, from selling Blow Pops in middle school to founding a consulting firm in college. Bob’s career in technology startups…

Organizations

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  • Rockfish, Inc. Investor 2025–present · current
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    SelfFull Investor 2025–present · current
  • dealpad.io Investor 2023–present · current

Education

  • University of Washington MA, Philosophy · 1994–1997
  • California State University-Sacramento BA, Philosophy · 1989–1992
  • California State University-Sacramento BA, Humanities · 1989–1992
  • Some Irrelevant College Abandoned Major, Computer Science · 1986–1987

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