Investing Profile

David Cohen(243)

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Founder and co-CEO and Managing Partner at Techstars
davidgcohen.comBoulder, Colorado
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38 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), and 35 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Techstars Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$120K
Investments On Record
155

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David Cohen's Investments On Record (115)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Favs
Pre SeedSep 2023$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Ryan Holmes (LOI Venture)
Anything World
SeedNov 2022$8M
Pre SeedDec 2019$670K
$11M
Co-investors: Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Gina King (Rooks Nest Ventures), Simon Leicht (Possible Ventures), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Tiago Teixeira Correia (FOV Ventures), Eamonn Carey (Zeroth), Vishal Lugani (aCrew Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures)
InstaCar
SeedOct 2019
Pre SeedFeb 2019
Chowbotics by DoorDash
Series AJun 2018$11M
Series AFeb 2017$5M
SeedFeb 2016$1M
$17M
Co-investors: Jason Mendelson (Foundry Group)
CRON Systems
SeedJul 2017$120K
$120K
Dotterel Technologies
SeedJul 2017$120K
$3.1M
Co-investors: Peter Beck
Embrace
SeedMay 2017$5M
$78M
Co-investors: Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Jared Heyman (Pioneer Fund), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brett Rochkind (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Dana Settle (Greycroft Partners), Gokul Rajaram (Top-Patents), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Eric Del Balso (Kohala Ventures), Brad Zions (Pitbull Ventures), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Tx Zhuo (Fika Ventures), Kevin Weatherman (Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Paul Bricault (Amplify.LA), Geoff Judge (iNovia Capital), Clark Landry (CESPPA), Ashish Bhatia, Trevor Wright, Jon Runyan, Dan Wright, Ryan Chan
OMsignal
Series BSep 2016$10M
Series AJun 2014$10M
SeedFeb 2013$1M
$25M
Co-investors: Charles Birnbaum (Bessemer Venture Partners), Rob Stavis (Bessemer Venture Partners), Matt Golden (Golden Ventures), Alan MacIntosh

David Cohen's Experience

Founder and co-CEO and Managing Partner Techstars2006 - Present
Founder and CEO (or co-CEO) TechstarsPresent
Founder, Managing Partner, and Board Member TechstarsPresent
Founder, Co-CEO and Board Member TechstarsPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member Techstars FoundationPresent
Board Member Endeavor ColoradoPresent
Board Member LevelTen EnergyPresent
Entrepreneurship Initiative Advisory Board Member Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of ColoradoPresent
Board Member Wunder CapitalPresent
Board Member ChowboticsPresent
Board Member SendGridPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member NewCoPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Founder and CEO NewCoPresent
Director of Development NewCoPresent
Software engineer NewCoPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member Self-EmployedPresent
Entrepreneurship Initiative Advisory Board Member Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and EntrepreneurshipPresent
Board Member Self-EmployedPresent
Founder and CEO Self-EmployedPresent
Founder and VP R&D Self-EmployedPresent
Founder and VP of R&D ZOLL Medical CorporationPresent
Director of Development Self-EmployedPresent
Software engineer Self-EmployedPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Board Member Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder and CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder and VP R&D Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Director of Development Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Software engineer Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Board Member The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Founder and CEO The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Founder and VP R&D The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Director of Development The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Software engineer The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Founder and CEO TechstarsPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member Cast Iron Systems (acquired by IBM)Present
Founder and Chairman of the Board TechstarsPresent
Board Member WunderPresent
Board Member Cast Iron Systems (acquired by IBM)Present
Founder and CEO Cast Iron Systems (acquired by IBM)Present
Founder and VP R&D ZOLL Medical CorporationPresent
Director of Development Cast Iron Systems (acquired by IBM)Present
Software engineer Cast Iron Systems (acquired by IBM)Present
Founder & Advisory Board Member Robyn FrankelPresent
Founder & Advisory Board Member Engineering and Economics Research,Present
Founder and CEO Robyn FrankelPresent
Founder and CEO Engineering and Economics Research,Present
Founder and CEO earFeeder.com2006 - 2006
Founder and CTO iCentric Corporation2004 - 2006
Founder and VP R&D Pinpoint Technologies1993 - 2004
Founder and VP of R&D ZOLL Data Systems1993 - 2004
Director of Development Automated Dispatch Services, Inc.1991 - 1995
Software engineer Engineering and Economics Research,1990 - 1991

David Cohen's Education

University of Central Florida Associate of Arts - AA Computer Science