Clinton Robinson

Co-founder & CTO, Parable

Enterprise softwareBrooklynOn TechTO stages since 2019

Clinton Robinson co-founded Lane in Toronto in 2014 and ran it as CEO until VTS acquired the workplace-experience platform in October 2021 for a reported US$200 million. He is now co-founder and CTO of Parable, a New York company building an AI platform for enterprise operations.

On the TechTO stage ×1

TECHTO9:19

Lessons from a Toronto Startup | Clinton Robinson, CEO of Lane

TechTO · August 2019

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In their words

All advice can really be is somebody's subjective experience of what they've done.

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You need to always be hiring. Everything every facet of your company from top to bottom everywhere every business process every communication your culture all has to be focused on hiring.

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More from TechTO ×1

Newsletter

Lessons learned from building a Toronto startupThe TechTO newsletter · mentions Clinton

2024

Around the web ×3

Podcast

Clinton Robinson of Lane | Workplace Technology Is Still Very DisconnectedAllwork.Space

2021

Article

Proptech firm Lane secures millions in funds, new partnersRENX

2020

Article

Proptech startup Lane raises $10M for office platformThe Real Deal

2020

Quick answers

What company did Clinton Robinson found?

Lane, a Toronto workplace-experience platform he co-founded in 2014 with Kofi Gyekye and led as CEO. VTS acquired it in October 2021; the product now runs as VTS Activate.

What does Clinton Robinson do now?

He is co-founder and CTO of Parable, a Brooklyn-based AI platform for enterprise operations.

How much did Lane raise?

A US$2.5 million seed in May 2019 from Colliers, Techstars, Alate Partners and Panache Ventures, then a US$10 million Series A in March 2020 led by Round13 Capital.

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