Danny Robinson

Danny is the quintessential serial entrepreneur, with two Internet companies already under his belt. He has raised over $100M in venture capital across 8 rounds of financing, and was recently named one of TechVibes Digital Media People to Watch in 2008. As Strutta's fearless leader, Danny pushes forward the goal of creating a community of competitors from all around the globe. In his spare time, Danny studies old Saturday Night Live recordings and perfects his More Cowbell performance in order to one day be the best Cowbell player in the world.

Prior to founding Strutta, Danny was co-founder and Chairman of Peerflix, an online P2P DVD trading company, where he raised $10M from US venture capitalists Battery Ventures, 3i and BV Capital. Previously, he was co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Spinway, Inc., a pioneer technology company that developed ecommerce and private-label ISP solutions for leading brick and mortar retailers. Under his stewardship, Spinway grew to 8 million registered members in 11 months and was later sold to United Online (NetZero), which is still in operation today. Spinway investors included Mobius (then SoftBANK), Spectrum Equity, and Deutche Banc Alex Brown.

As an accomplished entrepreneur, Danny works to promote Vancouver as the tech center he believes it can be by connecting local entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley-based VCs, co-organizing the popular tech mixer, Launch Party Vancouver, speaking at local and international tech events and serving on the Science World Equity Committee. Danny is a member of the Board of Directors for Suite101, Techtrack, and iFind Media systems and is on the Board of Advisors for Lypp and YourTechOnline.