Investing Profile

David Samuel(585)

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Founding General Partner at Freestyle Capital
freestyle.vc/team_members/dav...San Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Freestyle Capital General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $4.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
95
Current Fund Size
$565M

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David Samuel's Investments On Record (66)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mercator AI
Seed RoundMar 2023$3.8M
$3.8M
Bach
Series AMar 2023$9M
Seed RoundApr 2022$8M
$17M
Glow
Series ANov 2022$24M
Seed RoundMay 2021$4.5M
Seed RoundJan 2019$6.5M
$41M
Co-investors: Mark Selcow (Costanoa Ventures), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons)
Spot
Seed RoundSep 2022$5.5M
$63M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Aviad Ariel (Vertex Ventures Israel), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Eduardo Ronzano (#SecretFund), Michael Birch
Scenery
Series AJun 2022
Seed RoundMar 2021
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures)
Chipper
Seed RoundMar 2022$5.6M
$5.6M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Kennie Blanco (L'ATTITUDE Ventures)
Myplace
Seed RoundMar 2022$5.8M
$5.8M
Scarf
Seed RoundDec 2021
$11M
Co-investors: Chris McCann (Race Capital), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital)

most interested in

Seed-stage Internet Software investments. Opportunistic.

not interested in

No Hardware.

David Samuel's Experience

Founding General Partner Freestyle Capital2008 - Present
Founder Chairman Brondell Inc.2003 - 2010
Founder President Crackle (formerly Grouper)2003 - 2008
Founder, CEO Spinner.com (Internet Radio Web1.0 Company)1996 - 2000
Software Engineer Oracle1994 - 1996