Rob Ness runs one of AngelList's largest syndicates with ~1,600 accredited LPs and has deployed over $12M across 120+ personal angel deals, while serving in the US Army since 2003 and bringing military plus strategy consulting experience from Booz Allen Hamilton, Grant Thornton, and Capgemini to his investing approach. He focuses on companies already showing 10x improvements and exponential growth in unsexy, tech-lagging industries, explicitly preferring to pay higher valuations for clear traction over cheaper pre-traction bets, and has achieved multiple rapid exits including Fitmob to ClassPass, Meetup to WeWork, and Pop Up Archive to Apple. Rob Ness runs one of AngelList's largest syndicates with ~1,600 accredited LPs and has deployed over $12M across 120+ personal angel deals, while serving in the US Army since 2003 and bringing military plus strategy consulting experience from Booz Allen Hamilton, Grant Thornton, and Capgemini to his investing approach. He focuses on companies already showing 10x improvements and exponential growth in unsexy, tech-lagging industries, explicitly preferring to pay higher valuations for clear traction over cheaper pre-traction bets, and has achieved multiple rapid exits including Fitmob to ClassPass, Meetup to WeWork, and Pop Up Archive to Apple.