| Website | davidtisch.com |
| @davetisch | |
| Birthplace | New York, NY |
| University of Pennsylvania, BA | |
| New York University School of Law, JD |
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.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| ifttt | 1/12 | Seed | $1.5M | 13 |
| BestVendor | 12/11 | Series A | $3M | 4 |
| CustomMade.com | 11/11 | Series A | $2.1M | 8 |
| Dispatch | 11/11 | Seed | $965k | 11 |
| Piictu | 9/11 | Seed | $750k | 6 |
| numberFire | 9/11 | Seed | 5 | |
| ThinkNear | 8/11 | Seed | $1.63M | 13 |
| Fab | 8/11 | Series A | $7.7M | 18 |
| Scopely | 7/11 | Unattributed | 7 | |
| Nestio | 7/11 | Angel | $750k | 3 |
| Coursekit | 6/11 | Seed | $1M | 8 |
| zozi | 5/11 | Series B | $7M | 6 |
| VYou | 5/11 | Series A | $3M | 5 |
| Hipster | 5/11 | Seed | $1M | 13 |
| Skillshare | 5/11 | Angel | $550k | 9 |
| Kohort | 4/11 | Seed | $3M | 22 |
| UpNext | 3/11 | Angel | $500k | 4 |
| Ignighter | 2/11 | Series A | $3M | 8 |
| LawPivot | 12/10 | Seed | $600k | 7 |
| Yieldbot | 12/10 | Seed | $1.2M | 7 |
| Art.sy | 11/10 | Angel | $1.25M | 14 |
| ADstruc | 9/10 | Seed | $1.1M | 8 |
| Kapost | 9/10 | Series A | $1.1M | 9 |
| GroupMe | 8/10 | Angel | $850k | 10 |
| YouAre.TV | 8/10 | Series A | $1.15M | 6 |
| StatSheet | 8/10 | Series A | $1.3M | 3 |
| Profitably | 8/10 | Seed | $300k | 5 |
| GameChanger Media | 4/10 | Unattributed | $588k | 1 |
| DoodleDeals Inc. | 2/10 | Series A | $1.27M | 15 |
| zozi | 8/08 | Seed | $1.3M | 8 |