L. Robert Johnson

Bob Johnson is the Managing Partner for Founders Capital Partners (FCP), a venture capital angel group focusing on early-stage technology-based business. Originally established in New England, Founders moved its focus to the Central Coast of California in 1999.

Prior to establishing FCP, Bob was CEO of Angenics, Inc., a biotechnology-based diagnostics company he co-founded in 1981. Before founding Angenics, Bob was the Managing Partner of the Sprout Capital Group, the venture capital arm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. He was also involved in research, private equity and venture capital investing with DLJ from 1969 to 1981, and with Kidder Peabody from 1966 to 1969.

Bob is currently a member of the board of West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE). Bob was a director of Indigo Systems Corporation until its acquisition by FLIR Systems, and was a director of Genetic MicroSystems before its acquisition by Affymetrix. He has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies in the past. He is also a former Director of the National Venture Capital Association and a former Governor of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies.

Bob earned a BS in physics from MIT in 1963 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1965. Bob also serves as a life trustee of MIT, and is a director of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.