Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 13
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Ross Fubini is a Managing Partner at XYZ Venture Capital. Prior to that, he joined Canaan Partners’ Menlo Park office in 2012 as a Venture Partner. He focuses on the firm’s enterprise, consumer, and healthcare IT investment efforts. Before joining Canaan, Ross was a partner at seed-stage technology investment firm Kapor Capital, where he led

investments across consumer, enterprise, and health technology. He currently serves as an advisor to Kapor Capital, Palantir Technology, Facebook Causes, and other early stage technology companies.

Previously, Ross was a successful entrepreneur who co-founded and grew CubeTree, a Gartner Visionary enterprise social collaboration company which is used by the Fortune 100 including SAP, Intuit, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. CubeTree was acquired by SuccessFactors (NASDAQ:SFSF) in 2010 where he then served as a vice president. Prior to that, Ross was a Senior Director of Engineering at Symantec, where he owned product development for Symantec/Brightmail Messaging Security anti-spam, anti-virus, and content filtering product lines serving 70,000 customers, protecting 100s of millions of email boxes, and delivering $300M+ revenue/year. Before joining Symantec, Ross held technical leadership roles at BEA/Plumtree, TellMe Networks, and Netscape.

Ross is also an active board member of the Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI), a non-profit that promotes innovative approaches to fairness in education and the workplace. He is an avid triathlete, marathon runner, and Ironman competitor. He holds a B.S. in engineering and art from Carnegie Mellon University.

Number of Investments 1
Ross Fubini invested in Puzzle Financial on Feb 16, 2023. This investment - Series A - Puzzle Financial - was valued at
$15M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 16, 2023
Puzzle Financial
Series A - Puzzle Financial
$15M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 10
Ross Fubini is the Managing Partner at XYZ Venture Capital. Additionally, Ross Fubini has had 10 past jobs including Co-Founder & Partner at Village Global.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Village Global
Co-Founder & Partner20172019
CubeTree
Co-Founder & CTOJan 20082011
SuccessFactors
VPJun 1, 20102011
NortonLifeLock
Sr. Director of EngineeringJan 2006Jan 2008
BEA Systems
Director of Engineering20022005
Plumtree Software
Director of Engineering20022005
Tellme
Manager, Operation Tools20002002
Canaan Partners
Venture Partner2012
Kapor Capital
Partner
Netscape
Technical Leadership Roles
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 13
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Ross Fubini holds 13 board and advisor roles including Board Observer at Sanlo, Advisor at Radius Intelligence, and Executive Chairman of the Board at Piazza.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Kapor Capital
Member of the Advisory BoardJan 1, 2011Jan 1, 2012
Ross Fubini studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
Number of Events 1
Ross Fubini has participated in 1 event, Strata + Hadoop World San Jose on Feb 17, 2015.