Rob LaFave

Entrepreneur and Investor in Hawaii

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Rob LaFave is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He’s spent the past 15 years building venture-backed companies at the intersection of technology, e-commerce, and finance, with a dash of culinary adventure thrown in for good measure.

As the co-founder & CEO of Float (YC S21), Rob is revolutionizing the way companies fund growth without taking on debt or diluting ownership.

In his spare time, Rob dabbles in the world of scrumptious delights as a founding partner of Holey Grail Donuts, a cafe business centered on Hawaiian taro donuts. Rob also founded Foodzie, an online artisan food marketplace that earned a spot on Fast Company's Most Innovative Food Companies list before its acquisition in 2012.

Rob has been recognized as an Inc Magazine Top 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek's Best Young Tech Entrepreneur, and Food & Wine Magazine's 40 Big Food Thinkers Under 40.