Will Robbins
General Partner at Contrary
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Robbins is a General Partner at Contrary and a San Francisco–based operator with 11 years of technical and startup experience rooted in a Computer Science degree from UIUC. He began building apps as a teenager—one scaled to 100,000+ users by age 17—and moved into machine learning, infrastructure, and generalist roles across early-stage companies before shifting into venture. At Contrary he blends product-led investing with hands-on technical judgment, advising founders on engineering trade-offs and growth strategies. Will’s background as a builder gives him a rare investor perspective: he evaluates startups not just by market potential but by the technical teams and systems that will scale them.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (8)
javascript5
css5
hypermedia1
python1
rest-api1
api1
rest1
hateoas1
Github contributions (5)
InterestMatcher/InterestMatcher
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 8 pushes in 1 month
whrobbins/Traveling-Salesperson
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes in 6 months
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