Rob Desborough

General Partner and Chair of Seraphim Space Accelerator at Seraphim Space

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Biography

Rob Desborough is a General Partner at Seraphim Space and Chair of the Seraphim Space Accelerator, heading up the firm's early stage investments. He is a co-founder of Generation Space and of the Seraphim Space Accelerator and Generation Space Accelerator, launched in 2018 and 2022 respectively; his firm bio states the Seraphim Space Accelerator has graduated 119 SpaceTech start-ups that have collectively raised over $1.5bn in co-investment from more than 300 venture capital investors. He was previously an Investment Director at YFM Equity Partners. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Glasgow and a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology Systems from the University of Strathclyde.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Xona Space Systems

Board Seats

Career Timeline

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Worked at YFM Equity Partners as an Investment Director.
2018
Co-founded the Seraphim Space Accelerator.
2020
Named in the announcement of Seraphim Capital's participation in Xona Space Systems' $1M pre-seed round.
2022
Co-founded the Generation Space Accelerator.

Sources & References

Seraphim Space - Team ↗Seraphim Space - Announcing our Investment in Space Camp alum Xona Space Systems ↗Seraphim Space Investment Trust - Corporate Information ↗Seraphim Space - About ↗