Investing Profile

David J. Phillips(215)

CEOAngelFounderInvestor

Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund

tryfondo.comSan Francisco, California

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David J. Phillips's investing connections

Connected to 19 investors on Signal.

Networks David J. is a member of

Deloitte Network

468 CONNECTIONS

Deloitte Consulting Network

139 CONNECTIONS

YPO Network

132 CONNECTIONS

First Round Capital Network

115 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Santa Barbara Network

100 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Pioneer Fund Venture Partner

Investment Range

$10K - $100K

Sweet Spot

$10K

Investments On Record

David J. Phillips is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

San Francisco Bay Area Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Enterprise (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Seed)

David J. Phillips's Investments On Record (2)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
howie	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Sarah Smith (Bain Capital Ventures), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Miami Angels), Diego Oppenheimer (Work-Bench), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Alex Tong (Information Venture Partners), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Nick Davidov (Davidovs Venture Collective), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Roger Dickey (Gigster), Lindel Eakman (UTIMCO), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital))
ParadeDB	SeedSep 2023$2M	$14M
Co-investors: Liz Wessel (First Round Capital), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Nitay Joffe (Team8), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Sean Whitney (Craft Ventures), Shawn Kung (Tola Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Nate Matherson, Paul Graham

David J. Phillips's Experience

Accountant ImerysPresent

Public Accountant & Auditor Deloitte ConsultingPresent

Public Accountant & Auditor DeloittePresent

Angel Investor AirAngelsPresent

Angel Investor David J. PhillipsPresent

Angel Track First Round CapitalPresent

Member YPOPresent

Founder & CEO UniverCity TutorsPresent

Co-Founder safeXaiPresent

Co-Founder & CEO Hackbright AcademyPresent

Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman Hackbright AcademyPresent

Co-Founder BloomJoyPresent

Founder & CEO FondoPresent

Venture Partner Pioneer FundPresent

David J. Phillips's Education

University of California, Santa Barbara B.A. Economics & Accounting, Technology Management

Dev Bootcamp Software Development Ruby on Rails, JavaScript

Y Combinator W18 BloomJoy pivot → Fondo in 2020

UC Santa Barbara B.A. Economics & Accounting, Technology Management

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