David Williams - Managing Partner @ Knickerbocker Capital

Overview

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Primary Job Title Managing Partner
Primary Organization
Knickerbocker Capital

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Website 2020.co
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Investor in real-time web companies in the US & China via 2020 Ventures, LLC

Previously:

- Managing Partner at Alacon Ventures, LLC (San Francisco)

- Co-founder & Partner at Mandarin Ventures Ltd. (Beijing)

- Founder & President of GoodWork International, LLC (Beijing)

- Co-founder & SVP Sales & Marketing of Work.com

(Redwood City)

- Director of E-commerce and Financial Content at Excite.com (Redwood City)

- Director of Games Publishing, Powerhouse Entertainment (Dallas)

- GM of Consumer Software at Micrografx (Dallas)

- Associate M&A at Charterhouse plc (New York)

- Analyst, Kidder, Peabody & Co. (New York)

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

David Williams

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Angel Round - Pathful

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, when

Pathful

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Pathful	No	Angel Round - Pathful	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	U Grok It	No	Angel Round - U Grok It	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Optix	—	Seed Round - Optix	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Prompt.ly	No	Seed Round - Prompt.ly	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Osito	No	Seed Round - Osito	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	BRIKA	No	Seed Round - BRIKA	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Everpix	—	Seed Round - Everpix	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	AllTrails	—	Seed Round - AllTrails	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Foodspotting	—	Seed Round - Foodspotting	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exit -

U Grok It

David Williams

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exits. Their most notable exits are

U Grok It

Prompt.ly

, and

Pathful

U Grok It U Grok allows businesses to easily and affordably do inventory and asset management with the power of RFID.
Prompt.ly Prompt.ly is a mobile platform that enables independent service providers to carry out scheduling, promotional, and payment activities.
Pathful Pathful helps educators and students access quality career exploration and planning tools and assessments.
Foodspotting Foodspotting is a community-driven dish discovery app that allows individuals to find, share and recommend food dishes.
AllTrails AllTrails is an award-winning outdoor platform that helps over 60 million people worldwide find their way outside.

Jobs

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David Williams

has

current jobs as

Managing Partner

Knickerbocker Capital

and

Founder, CIO & Managing Partner

2020 Ventures

. Additionally,

David Williams

has had

past job as the

Director E-Commerce/Business Development

Excite

Knickerbocker Capital Managing PartnerSep 2018
2020 Ventures Founder, CIO & Managing PartnerJan 2010

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Excite	Director E-Commerce/Business Development	1997	2001

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
News Companies (Top 10K)	1,646
News Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	2,708
News Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)	3,596
Social News Companies	10,604
United States Social News Companies	25,164
United States News Companies (Top 10K)	4,592
Social News Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees	12,318
News Companies With Fewer Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)	12,494
News Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	2,051

Education

David Williams

studied at

Southern Methodist University

and

Harvard Business School

Southern Methodist University BSEconomics1987
Harvard Business School MBAunknown1992