MEET Robert
Robert Porter is the Financial Principal for TDK Ventures. Robert has over 25 years of accounting and finance experience in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, banking, gaming, retail, and most recently, venture capital. Additionally, Robert has worked in roles that have covered a variety of responsibilities including IT, internal and external audit, compliance, benefits, system implementations and upgrades, financial analysis and reporting, and inventory and fixed asset management.
With his role as Financial Principal, Robert brings many areas of TDK Goodness to our entrepreneurs and portfolio companies.
- Introduction to banks and other financial institutions offering non-dilutive financing and lines of credit
- Tool kit of partners offering assistance and support for obtaining SBIR and other government grants
- Offering assistance with any accounting, finance, banking, system, audit, or other related needs.
When Robert is not working, he enjoys spending time with his son and two dachshunds, making homemade baked goods, and collecting vintage Fiestaware.
Portfolio Companies Served
Novalith’s technology solutions capture and leverage carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to isolate and extract higher quality – battery grade – lithium from resource deposits, with no harmful by-products. Their process uses less water, smaller infrastructure, and is a lower cost than current industry standards.