Robert M. Karr

Bob is the CEO/Founder of LinkSV, a website which connects the dots of the people, capital and companies of the Silicon Valley, and is positioned at the intersection of business intelligence and social networking. He has been an active angel investor, an advisor to emerging Internet companies, and was a co-founder of the Angels Breakfast Club. Bob retired from a 30-year career in the corporate liability insurance business where he spent 15 years as a Partner of Dinner Levison Company and another 15 years as SVP of the Sedgwick Group, where he managed Business Development & Client Services focused exclusively on emerging & pre-IPO companies in the Silicon Valley. Many of Bob’s emerging clients have turned into successful IPO’s. A graduate of University of the Pacific, he and his wife, Jonlyn, reside in Saratoga, California. Their sons David and Steven are co-founders of Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products, a socially and environmentally conscious beverage company producing and selling Guayaki Yerba Mate; a healthy and energizing drink.