Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Founded Organizations 5
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner
  • Investor Stage  Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed

David Teten is Founder+Partner of Versatile VC. He was previously a Managing Partner with HOF Capital and Partner for 6 years with ff Venture Capital, one of the best-performing seed- and early-stage venture capital firms in the U.S. He has served on the boards of Authorea (sold to Wiley), Earnest Research (Observer), Ionic Security, Signup.com,

and Whisk (sold to Deem). David also has advised clients such as Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Icahn Enterprises, LLR Partners, Birch Hill Equity Partners, Orascom TMT Investments, and other institutional investors. He earlier was a serial fintech entrepreneur with two exits. David holds a Harvard MBA and Yale BA, both with honors.

Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 20, 2014
Ionic Security
ff Venture Capital
Series B - Ionic Security
$25.5M
Apr 19, 2013
Ionic Security
ff Venture Capital
Series A - Ionic Security
$9.4M
Jul 27, 2012
Ionic Security
ff Venture Capital
Series A - Ionic Security
$2M
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 8
David Teten has 2 current jobs as CEO at Versatile VC and Venture Partner at HOF Capital. Additionally, David Teten has had 8 past jobs including Managing Partner at HOF Capital.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
HOF Capital
Managing PartnerMar 2017Apr 2019
ff Venture Capital
PartnerMar 1, 2011Mar 28, 2017
Evalueserve
Managing DirectorFeb 2007Sep 2008
Nitron Circle of Experts
Co-founder and CEOApr 2003Feb 2007
Teten Recruiting
Founder and CEOSep 2001Jun 2004
GoldNames
Founder and CEOAug 1999Sep 2001
Bear Stearns
Financial AnalystAug 1994Jul 1996
Mars & Co Strategy Consulting
Associate ConsultantMay 1993Jul 1994
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 6
David Teten is the Advisor at IntroEQ.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
SignUp.com
Board MemberAug 10, 2016Aug 2017
Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY
Founder and Chairman Emeritus2011Mar 2017
Authorea
Board Member
Earnest Research
Board Observer
Whisk
Board Member
Ionic Security
Board Member
David Teten studied at Yale University and Harvard University.
Number of News Articles 55
NewsApr 13, 2021
NewsFeb 22, 2017
NewsMay 6, 2016
NewsMay 5, 2016
NewsApr 12, 2016
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