David Blumberg is the Managing Partner of Blumberg Capital. David has been investing in early stage technology companies for more than 24 years. His investment focus includes Internet (B2B and B2C), digital media, social media, mobility, SaaS, and Technology Enabled Services.
Prior to founding Blumberg Capital in 1991, David managed technology investments with Claridge Investments, Adler & Co., Apax Partners, and T. Rowe Price Associates. He launched the business development, marketing and PR efforts for Check Point Software Technologies.
David earned his AB in Government, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and INSEAD. He speaks French and is proficient in Hebrew and Spanish.
David serves as a member or observer on the Board of Directors of Credorax, DoubleVerify, HootSuite, Legolas, Parse.ly, Addepar, VideoGenie, Cyvera, CaseStack, and Trulioo. He is a member of the Investment Committee of 137 Venture, a Board Member of the Lincoln Club of Northern California, a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and is on the Advisory Committee of StartOut.
David's past investment exits include Siperian, Check Point Software Technologies, Teva, CREO, DSP Group, Electronics For Imaging, AbirNet, Conduct Software, Vista Research, and IP Infusion.
Board Member @ The "Robinhood" of Fees. FeeX helps average consumers and businesses obtain best value from their financial service vendors. FeeX uses proprietary CrowdSourcing technology to gather real-time data on terms of financial products and then compares the offerings to help customers get best terms. From April 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Board Member @ Internet Identity Bureau. Trulioo helps vendors, merchants, organizations, advertisers and governments verify individual identities on the Internet. From July 2012 to Present (3 years 6 months) Board Member @ From November 2011 to Present (4 years 2 months) MaltaMember of the Investment Committee @ From June 2011 to Present (4 years 7 months) Board Member @ Upfront Digital Media is the leading provider of next generation audience marketplace solutions. From July 2010 to Present (5 years 6 months) Board Member @ Leader in verification of online brand advertising. Customers include leading digital agencies, Fortune 100 brands, leading publishers and ad networks. From June 2008 to Present (7 years 7 months) Board Member @ Non-asset based, outsourced supply-chain logistics services for the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. From 2002 to Present (13 years) Managing Partner @ Managing Partner in private Venture Capital firm investing in early-stage IT, digital media, social media, mobility, Internet, e-commerce, payments, SaaS, tech enabled services, etc. companies primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. From 1991 to Present (24 years) Board Member @ Cyber security software firm that prevents "Zero Day Attacks", sometimes called Advanced Persistent Threats. From 2012 to 2014 (2 years) Board Member @ From March 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Board Member @ Parse.ly connects users with online content they’ll love through personalized recommendations. Our technology gives publishers the power to quickly and easily recommend relevant content to users based on what they’ve read in the past and what other, similar users are reading now. From December 2010 to 2014 (4 years) Board Member @ From November 2011 to December 2013 (2 years 2 months) Board Member @ Social Media aggregation platform. HootSuite is the preferred professional dashboard for managing social media including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WordPress, PingFM, among others. Company serves millions of users across more than 180 countries. Customers are large enterprises and organizaitons, small businesses, media and individual consumers. From 2009 to August 2013 (4 years) Board of Advisors Member @ From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) Board Member @ Mobile Spinach, a pioneer in affordable local mobile advertising solutions for retail merchants, offers a powerful new marketing tool to bring customers in the door and keep them coming back with discounts on products and services. From 2010 to 2012 (2 years) Board Member @ From June 2011 to December 2011 (7 months) Board Member @ Self-service advertising platform for publishers. From 2009 to November 2011 (2 years) Board Member @ Online reverse auction marketplace for purchasing cars. From January 2010 to October 2010 (10 months) Board Member @ From 2010 to 2010 (less than a year) Board Member @ Security software company that identifies and prevents BotNet attacks for enterprises and service providers. From 2006 to 2009 (3 years) Board Member, Northern California @ From 2003 to 2009 (6 years) Board Member @ From 2003 to 2008 (5 years) Board Member @ Master Data Management Software provider From 2001 to 2006 (5 years) Board Member @ Networking protocol vendor
Sold to Access, Inc. From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Vice President, Investments @ Venture capital and private equity investments in the US, Israel and Canada. From 1987 to 1991 (4 years) Venture Manager @ Venture capital investments in early-stage information technology companies in the US, Israel and Canada. From 1984 to 1987 (3 years) Analyst @ From 1984 to 1985 (1 year) Assistant Securities Analyst - Technology @ Securities analysis for technology companies in the US and Israel. From 1981 to 1983 (2 years)
MBA, Exchange student at INSEAD @ INSEAD From 1984 to 1985 MBA @ Stanford University Graduate School of Business From 1983 to 1985 AB, Government - International Relations and Economics @ Harvard University From 1977 to 1981 David Blumberg is skilled in: SaaS, Digital Media, Social Media, Venture Capital, Start-ups, Strategic Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Online Advertising, Business Strategy, Angel Investing, Product Management, Business Development, Mergers, New Business Development, Corporate Development, Digital Media, SaaS
Websites:
http://www.blumbergcapital.com,
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