David has an eclectic technology background. At Stanford, he studied
and taught the impact of technology on music, earning a degree in
Computer Music. At Cambridge, England, he explored the power of
technology in tracking and combating bias crime, receiving an M.Phil.
in Criminology. At Harvard Law School, from which he received a J.D.,
magna cum laude, David focused upon the convergence of technology and
the law, serving as an editor of the Harv...
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David joined August Capital in 2000. He invests broadly in information
technology companies, with a focus on enterprise application and
infrastructure software and consumer facing software and services.
Prior to joining August Capital, David was an intellectual property and
corporate attorney at Venture Law Group, Cravath Swaine & Moore,
and Perkins Coie LLP. In his legal practice, David represented high
tech startups in all aspects of their formation, financing and
operations, including Yahoo!, When.com (AOL), Sonique (Terra Lycos),
Pure Payments (Excite@Home), BuyDirect (Beyond.com) and Ofoto (Kodak).
David has an eclectic technology background. At Stanford, he studied
and taught the impact of technology on music, earning a degree in
Computer Music. At Cambridge, England, he explored the power of
technology in tracking and combating bias crime, receiving an M.Phil.
in Criminology. At Harvard Law School, from which he received a J.D.,
magna cum laude, David focused upon the convergence of technology and
the law, serving as an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and
Technology and publishing papers on digital audio and software piracy.
David has taught business and law internationally and is a lecturer
at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. He currently sits on the
board of directors of DoneRight, Nomis Solutions, PayCycle, Six Apart,
Splunk Technology and VideoEgg. He previously served on the board of
Evite which was acquired by Ticketmaster and was a board observer with
Tickle Inc. which was acquired by Monster and Actional which was
acquired by Progress Software.
