Burch Robert L.

Bob has been an entrepreneur and active investor of dynamic businesses across a wide range of industries for over 30 years.
He has contributed to the rise of multiple successful companies and established Redbadge as a result of his passion for developing and growing innovative brands.
After the sale of Eagle’s Eye, Bob continued to become a significant participant in the entrepreneurial community having launched and invested in several companies and funds.
Notable investments have included companies such as Jawbone, Color Kinetics (acquired by Philips for $791 million), Voss Water, Cosi, Perimeter, Eastern Alliance Insurance and Next Jump.
Bob was also a founding investor for Internet Capital Group—a business-to-business Internet holding company that had a multi-billion dollar market capitalization at its height, a founder and director of Continuum Group—a technology and telecommunications infrastructure fund, and early founding investor of Guggenheim Partners—a NYC-based global advisory and investment firm.
In addition, among his many real estate endeavors, Bob was a Managing Partner in El Porteño Properties which focused on real estate developments in Argentina.
Bob teamed up with architect Philippe Stark and hotelier Alan Faena to develop the Faena Hotel + Universe, with its first project in Buenos Aires being in excess of $50 million and internationally recognized for its design excellence.
The Faena Arts District in Buenos Aries grew to approximately 2 million square feet of mixed commercial, retail and residential development Bob is a graduate of Denison University and has served on the Boards of The Academy of Natural Sciences, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Philadelphia, The Franklin Institute and The Haverford School.
Bob is also the Founder of Big Timber Arts Round-Up, a gathering of students actively interested in creative writing, photography, drama, and the visual arts.