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Websitedavidtisch.com
Twitter@davetisch
BirthplaceNew York, NY

Degrees

University of Pennsylvania, BA
New York University School of Law, JD

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Managing Director, NYC
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David Tisch

David is the Managing Director of TechStars in NYC. David is also the Managing Member of Box Group, a New York City based seed-stage angel capital firm.

As an investor or advisor, David has worked with over 50 startups including GroupMe (sold to Skype), Boxee, Fab.com, Flavors.me, adStruc, CrowdTwist, Goodsie, OnSwipe, SkillShare and DataMinr. David was named to NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology and serves on the Investor Board of Venture for America.

Prior to joining TechStars, David served as Executive Vice President of Interactive Strategies at kgb, a global information services company. While at kgb, David founded and lead Knowmore.com, a social aggregation startup within kgb.

David has a B.A. in American History from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
ifttt 1/12Seed$1.5M13
BestVendor 12/11Series A$3M4
CustomMade.com 11/11Series A$2.1M8
Dispatch 11/11Seed$965k11
Piictu 9/11Seed$750k6
numberFire 9/11Seed5
ThinkNear 8/11Seed$1.63M13
Fab 8/11Series A$7.7M18
Scopely 7/11Unattributed7
Nestio 7/11Angel$750k3
Coursekit 6/11Seed$1M8
zozi 5/11Series B$7M6
VYou 5/11Series A$3M5
Hipster 5/11Seed$1M13
Skillshare 5/11Angel$550k9
Kohort 4/11Seed$3M22
UpNext 3/11Angel$500k4
Ignighter 2/11Series A$3M8
LawPivot 12/10Seed$600k7
Yieldbot 12/10Seed$1.2M7
Art.sy 11/10Angel$1.25M14
ADstruc 9/10Seed$1.1M8
Kapost 9/10Series A$1.1M9
GroupMe 8/10Angel$850k10
YouAre.TV 8/10Series A$1.15M6
StatSheet 8/10Series A$1.3M3
Profitably 8/10Seed$300k5
GameChanger Media 4/10Unattributed$588k1
DoodleDeals Inc. 2/10Series A$1.27M15
zozi 8/08Seed$1.3M8

Videos

Sources

  1. IFTTT, A Glue Gun For Sticking The Web Together, Raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. BestVendor Raises $3M For Work App Recommendation Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Google Ventures And First Round Drop $2.1 Million Into Custom Marketplace CustomMade (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Dispatch Raises $965K To Manage All Of Your Cloud Files From One Place (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. NumberFire Raising Seed Round To Build The Last Fantasy Football Tool You’ll Ever Need (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. ThinkNear Closes $1.6M Seed Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  8. Ashton Kutcher-Backed Fab.com Closes $7.7 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  9. Google AdSense Founder Raises Cash From Lerer Ventures And Others For Stealth Startup Scopely (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Nestio Raises $750,000 To Make Apartment Searches Suck Less (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Penn Students Leave School to Launch CourseKit With $1 Million Seed Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Zozi Raises $7 Million To Let You Swim With Sharks – And More – At A Discount (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. Shortform Video Platform VYou Reels In $3M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
  16. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. Group Dating Startup Ignighter Raises $3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. Google Ventures Leads $600K Investment In LawPivot, A Quora For Startup Legal Advice (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. Yieldbot CEO Mendez Talks About Funding And Future For Publisher-Side Platform (adexchanger.com) [edit]
  21. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. ADstruc, A Marketplace For Outdoor Advertising, Closes $1.1 Million Series A Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  23. Kapost Raises $1.1 Million To Help Publishers Manage An Army Of Contributors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  24. techcrunch.com [edit]
  25. Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Backing Another Social Network For College Students, CollegeOnly (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  26. Former Crunchies Finalist StatSheet Recieves 1.3 Million In Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  27. Profitably raises funding to cull data for small businesses (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  28. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
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  30. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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