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David is an Associate with Greycroft Partners, a tech focused early stage VC fund, and is a member of the New York office. His responsibilities include evaluating investment opportunities, sourcing new deals, and working with existing portfolio companies.
Prior to Greycoft, David was a Senior Associate at Marakon, a boutique management consulting firm. At Marakon, David advised companies in the technology, consumer media, medical device, retail, and aerospace industries on a broad set of strategic challenges, including organic and acquisitive growth strategy, portfolio management, and new product/offer development. David began his career as an engineer, interning at IBM and Medtronic where he designed hardware for ASICs and pacemakers, respectively.
David is also interested in economic development, and has lived in both Nicaragua and Mozambique for brief periods working on development related projects for several nonprofits, including TechnoServe. In addition, David founded an e-commerce company that promotes and sells artwork sourced from developing countries providing emerging artists access to global markets.
David graduated magna cum laude and with distinction from Duke University with a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
