Summary
Robert Zhou is a serial tech entrepreneur and angel investor with over a decade of experience founding, scaling, and exiting SaaS and consumer web businesses. He built and led multiple startups—including Legalfit, acquired by Centerbase—and co-founded Red Nova Labs, spawning several successful product exits in the storage and SaaS spaces. Now retired from day-to-day operations, he focuses on pre-seed SaaS investments ($25K–$500K) and hands-on mentorship in product, go-to-market, and team building for first-time founders. Technically fluent as a full-stack developer, he combines engineering chops with operator instincts, having originated early peer-to-peer file transfer innovations and run web development firms. Based in Overland Park, KS, he balances faith and family with active advising, bringing founder empathy and a track record of turning ideas into repeatable, scalable businesses.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of Kansas
CORVALLIS HIGH SCHOOL
Shawnee Mission South High School
English, Chinese