Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Co-founder & General Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    Bullpen Capital
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Duncan Davidson is a Co-founder and Partner at Bullpen Capital as post-seed venture investing firm.

Duncan is a serial entrepreneur who has spent the past six years as a managing director at a major venture fund, VantagePoint Venture Partners.

In 1996 he founded Covad Communications, the leading independent DSL provider. On less than $12M of

venture investment, Covad raised over $2B in debt and equity and went public in 1998, reaching a $9B market value.

In 1997, he joined InterTrust Technologies as SVP Business Development, and led the IPO in 1999 and the secondary in 2000, reaching over $8B market value at the peak. InterTrust was the inventor of digital rights management and after the IPO was bought by Sony and Philips.

In 2001 he formed SkyPilot Networks, which was sold to Trillium in 2009.

In 2007 he helped form Xumii, Inc, which provides mobile social network technology to carriers. In 2009, Xumii was bought by Myriad Labs, a European mobile software provider.

At VantagePoint, Duncan focused on digital media and telecomm services. His deals include Widevine, the leading provider of digital rights management and adaptive streaming for online video, and Livescribe, the maker of an innovative digital smartpen that has received many awards for innovation.

Prior to starting companies, Duncan ran Regis McKenna’s consulting firm, and before that was VP at Gemini Consulting, the management consulting arm of Cap Gemini. His clients included Apple, AMD, ATT, Disney. Intel, Hughes (DirecTV), Motorola, Nokia, and Tandem.

He began his career as a lawyer, and in 1983 joined a small venture fund, Cambridge Venture Partners, first as a deal attorney and later as a deal partner. In 1986 he went to Strategic Planning Associates to help with LBO advisory work.

He received an Sc.B. in physics/math from Brown University, with Honors, and a J.D. magna cum laude from Michigan Law School, were he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Law Review.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 4
Duncan Davidson has 2 current jobs as Co-founder & General Partner at Bullpen Capital and Founder at SkyPilot Networks. Additionally, Duncan Davidson has had 4 past jobs including Director at Aggregate Knowledge.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Aggregate Knowledge
DirectorApr 2007Apr 2011
VantagePoint Capital Partners
Venture PartnerNov 2003Jul 2009
Intertrust
SVP Business DevelopmentAug 1997Aug 2001
Digital Nomad
Team Member
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 5
Duncan Davidson holds 7 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Grin, Investor at Manufactured, and Investor at SpaceIQ.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Lumoid
Board Of Director2012Jan 2017
DoubleDutch
Board Of Director2012Jan 2017
SendHub
Board Of Director20132015
Livescribe
Board Of DirectorFeb 2007Feb 2013
Xumii
ChairmanNov 2007Aug 2009