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ir@forward.oneRobin backs big, bold industrial tech bets, treating venture like high-stakes poker with one goal: turn outlier technology into commercial inevitability.
For Robin the game of investing is the constant balance between intuition and analysis.
Over the years, that game moved from screens to factories, labs, and boardrooms. Robin has worked closely with deeptech founders building sensors, robotics, quantum hardware, and industrial systems, helping them translate technical edge into commercial momentum. He is at his best when the stakes are high, the tech is complex, and the path to market is anything but straightforward.
At FORWARD.one, Robin brings a mix of mentor, executor, board partner, cheerleader, and hard-truth sparring partner. He is deeply involved from the first meeting through scaling: testing commercial assumptions, pressure-testing strategy, and ensuring teams keep their eyes on the only score that matters: performance.
I care less about the perfect pitch and more about how you think under pressure. Do you know your numbers? Do you know your customer? And are you honest about what it takes to win? You only get a few real shots at building something great, I want to work with the people who behave like that from day one.
Industrial tech as a high-conviction game. For Robin, investing is poker played with purpose: you size your bets, back your outliers, and fold fast when the odds turn. He tends to look for technologies that he sees as shaping the worlds future. This includes sensing, automation and quantum. At the same time he looks at the infrastructure that underpins and scales these sectors.
Founders playing for greatness. “You only get a couple of shots in life at achieving greatness, give it your absolute all, less isn’t good enough.” Robin leans into teams who act like this is their one shot: fully committed, self-aware, and ready to put in the work when it stops being fun.
Commercial discipline as a non-negotiable. Being part of Europe’s most commercially oriented industrial tech VC means one thing: numbers first. Every founder and CFO should know their pipeline and revenue on the spot. Robin dives into the commercial engine early, conversion, velocity, margins, and expects the same level of precision from the teams he backs.
Asymmetric upside, managed risk. From his first trade at 12, Robin has treated investing as a disciplined game of odds: balancing intuition and analysis, constantly updating his view as new information comes in. At FORWARD.one, that mindset shows up in how he sizes positions and supports founders through hard pivots
You only get a couple of real shots at building something great. Know your odds, know your numbers, and then commit fully. If you’re not all-in on your own company, why should anyone else be?
