Core team
Abe Murray, Managing Partner
Abe Murray, Managing Partner
Abe Murray, Managing Partner
Abe is the General Partner at ARV - AlleyCorp's Robotics Vertical - which he founded after meeting and working with Kevin Ryan of AlleyCorp and Eliot Horowitz of Viam Robotics in late 2021.
Abe was previously a product and eng leader at Alphabet. He worked on Android, built the Verily Life Science product teams, and built the Google Resear
Abe is the General Partner at ARV - AlleyCorp's Robotics Vertical - which he founded after meeting and working with Kevin Ryan of AlleyCorp and Eliot Horowitz of Viam Robotics in late 2021.
Abe was previously a product and eng leader at Alphabet. He worked on Android, built the Verily Life Science product teams, and built the Google Research product team. Before Google he built a Web 2.0 startup and worked on some pretty cool UAVs in the defense industry.
Abe has some shiny degrees (HBS MBA, WPI MS EE, URI BS Comp Eng) but learned the most when he dropped out of high school to run fishing boats and factory lines in the family aquaculture business.
Abe does other stuff too - in his free time, Abe enjoys being a parent and partner, building all kinds of things with his kids, and staying as healthy as he's able.
Brannon Jones, Associate
Abe Murray, Managing Partner
Abe Murray, Managing Partner
Brannon is an Associate at ARV where he helps Abe and the team invest in amazing robotics and automation companies and provides post-investment portfolio support.
Brannon was previously at SpaceX where he was a lead manufacturing, automation, and integration engineer. He built propulsive systems for SpaceX's reusable rockets and for the St
Brannon is an Associate at ARV where he helps Abe and the team invest in amazing robotics and automation companies and provides post-investment portfolio support.
Brannon was previously at SpaceX where he was a lead manufacturing, automation, and integration engineer. He built propulsive systems for SpaceX's reusable rockets and for the Starship Raptor concept engine. He lead an eng team through conceptualizing, acquiring, and commissioning a multi-million-dollar robotic factory with industry leading production capabilities.
Brannon has some shiny degrees - he studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University (where he played varsity Division-1 football) and he holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Brannon does other stuff too - in his free time, Brannon enjoys weightlifting, playing sports, reading, tinkering, and trying new foods.
#AlwaysBeHiring
Abe Murray, Managing Partner
#AlwaysBeHiring
Does Alley Robotics Ventures seem like the kind of place you could contribute? Do you know someone who would be an amazing fit? Or someone who might deliver a ton of value at our portfolio companies?
ARV is always looking for amazing talent - whether a future associate, Venture Fellow, OIR or other friend of the f
Does Alley Robotics Ventures seem like the kind of place you could contribute? Do you know someone who would be an amazing fit? Or someone who might deliver a ton of value at our portfolio companies?
ARV is always looking for amazing talent - whether a future associate, Venture Fellow, OIR or other friend of the fund.
Must be humble, thoughtful, and kind - and also excited by tech and ambitious to help us invent the future.
Brain trust
Wendy Tsu, Advisor
Susannah Shipton, Advisor
Susannah Shipton, Advisor
ARV is lucky to have Wendy as an Advisor! Wendy is a Partner at AlleyCorp focused on consumer investments, incubations, and collaborative foundership. She helped create much of AlleyCorp's culture and helps ARV build its fund up in a similar fashion.
Susannah Shipton, Advisor
Susannah Shipton, Advisor
Susannah Shipton, Advisor
ARV is also lucky to have Susannah as an Advisor! Susannah is VP of Platform and an Investor at AlleyCorp who built and lead their Platform Team. At ARV she advises us on how to support our companies, and how to work with other funds such as AlleyCorp.
Aniq Kassam, Advisor
Joseph Krause, Advisor
Joseph Krause, Advisor
Aniq is the Managing Director of GETTYLAB and its early-stage investment arm, FAST. He's been investing in companies founded on engineering-driven insights since 2014, and we at ARV seamlessly collaborate with Aniq when brainstorming what's possible as advances in applied math coalesce with those in electrical, mechanical and embedded software engineering.
Joseph Krause, Advisor
Joseph Krause, Advisor
Joseph Krause, Advisor
Joseph focuses on frontier tech companies with an emphasis on materials and robotics. A PhD student at Rice University in NanoEngineering, he has conducted research at the US Army Research Lab building novel neuromorphic chips. An Associate at AlleyCorp, Joseph is also an Advisor at ARV.