Investing Profile

David Samuel(614)

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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
90
Current Fund Size
$565M

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David Samuel's Investments On Record (62)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mercator AI
SeedMar 2023$4M
$4.8M
Co-investors: Michelle McBane, Michelle McBane
Bach
Series AMar 2023$9M
SeedApr 2022$8M
$17M
Co-investors: Phil Schwarz (Corazon Capital), Sonia Nagar (The Community Fund)
Glow
Series ANov 2022$24M
SeedMay 2021$5M
$35M
Co-investors: Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Parker Beauchamp (Markd VC), Amir Kabir (AV8 Ventures), Mark Selcow (Costanoa Ventures)
Spot
SeedSep 2022$6M
$66M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Aviad Ariel (Vertex Ventures Israel), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Elie Wurtman (PICO Venture Partners), Wendell Brooks, Eric Larchevêque, Nicolas Steegmann, Thibaud Elziere, Michael Birch
Scenery
Series AJun 2022
SeedMar 2021
Co-investors: Josh Mcfarland (Greylock), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures)
Chipper
SeedMar 2022$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Kennie Blanco (L'ATTITUDE Ventures), Brandon Hoffman (Sunset Ventures), John Henry (Harlem Capital)
Myplace
SeedMar 2022$6M
$6M
Scarf
SeedDec 2021
$10M
Co-investors: Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Chris McCann (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