Robert Antoniades

Robert is Managing Director of RBC Venture Partners and oversees direct investments in a broad range of technology companies ranging from information security to sales and trading applications. Robert also uses his over ten years of expertise in Venture Capital to assist in the development and incubation of emerging technologies developed within RBC. 

Prior to RBC, Robert was a Vice President at BMO Nesbitt Burns Equity Partners and Executive Director of CIBC Capital Partners’ Silicon Valley office in Menlo Park where he collectively made investments in financial services software, internet service providers, enterprise and internet software, e-healthcare, wireless application development, security products, optical networking and semiconductor companies, among others. Robert served as a board member or observer for several of his investee companies

Additionally, Robert has a broad base of transaction and industry experience as a capital markets professional.

Robert’s charitable activities include being on the board of the Distress Centres of Toronto. Other professional activities include numerous panel appearances, speaking engagements and advisory boards.

Robert has a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and a Certified Investment Manager.

Robert is on the board of directors of Placemark Investments, Infobright Inc., Avolent Inc., Varicent Software Incorporated and Adaptive Planning Inc.

robert.antoniades@rbc.com