Dave is co-founder of Freestyle Capital, a seed stage Internet & technology venture capital firm. Prior to Freestyle, Dave, as President, co-founded Crackle.com, a website specializing in Internet Video in 2004. In August 2006, Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired the company for $65 million. In early 1996, Dave, as CEO, founded Spinner.com, the first and largest Internet music service. In May 1999, AOL acquired the firm for $320 million. Prior to founding Spinner.com in early 1996, David worked at Oracle within the application development group. He graduated from MIT in 1994 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. David is an SF Giants fan, enjoys both wakeboarding and snowboarding, and lives in Marin.

Recent Milestones
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Dave Samuel added a position as Founding General Partner at Freestyle Capital. (10/1/08)

Posted 4/13/13 at 5:04pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Founder, President at Crackle. (10/1/03)

Posted 4/13/13 at 5:06pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Founder, CEO at Spinner.com. (3/1/96)

Posted 4/13/13 at 5:06pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Software Engineer at Oracle Corporation. (9/1/94)

Posted 4/13/13 at 5:06pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Founder, Chairman at Brondell.

Posted 4/13/13 at 5:06pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Managing Director at Mosaic Venture Partners.

Posted 4/13/13 at 5:07pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Senior Executive at Torstar.

Posted 5/10/11 at 5:02pm
Dave Samuel added a position as Consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Posted 5/10/11 at 5:02pm