David has led some of Greylock’s most notable investments including Facebook, Roblox, LinkedIn, Nextdoor, and Pandora. He is currently involved at the board level at Discord, Nextdoor, and Caavo. He joined Greylock as an investor in 2000, bringing to the firm a strong belief in the promise of media, mobile and network effect business convergence. That conviction led to some of David’s most successful and surprising bets, and continues to guide his investment thesis today.
David has consistently been at the forefront of innovation in the consumer landscape. Prior to Greylock, David spent more than seven years as a product manager and developer for consumer internet, media and gaming organizations ranging from startup to publicly traded companies. David was SVP of Product Strategy at one of the first search pioneers, Excite and then Excite@Home. As an early employee at Excite starting in 1996, David also held roles as GM of Excite.com and VP of Content and Programming for the Excite Network. Before Excite, he was in interactive entertainment — in product marketing at Electronic Arts and development at Crystal Dynamics. He started his career in management consulting for Marakon Associates and The Boston Consulting Group, and also spent time at HBO.
David has been frequently named to the Forbes Midas List. He is a member of the Northern Lights Venture Capital Board of Advisors and oversees Greylock’s investments in those funds. He is also a Trustee of Yale University and Rockefeller University. He holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University.
Previous Investments
- PullString (Acquired in 2019)
- WhoSay (Acquired by Viacom in 2018)
- Vessel (Acquired by Verizon in 2016)
- Oodle (Acquired by QVC in 2013)
- Revision3 (Acquired by Discovery Communications in 2012)
- digg (Acquired by Betaworks in 2012)
- SGN (Acquired by MindJolt in 2011)
- VUDU (Acquired by Walmart in 2010)
- SoftCoin (Acquired by You Technology in 2008)
Portfolio Companies
Previous Investments
PullString
Acquired in 2019
WhoSay
Acquired by Viacom in 2018
Vessel
Acquired by Verizon in 2016
Oodle
Acquired by QVC in 2013
Revision3
Acquired by Discovery Communications in 2012
digg
Acquired by Betaworks in 2012
SGN
Acquired by MindJolt in 2011
VUDU
Acquired by Walmart in 2010
SoftCoin
Acquired by You Technology in 2008
New Edge Networks
Acquired by EarthLink in 2006
NOCpulse
Acquired by Red Hat in 2002