Investing Profile

David Marcus(78)

Investor

Co-Founder & CEO at Lightspark

Los Angeles, California

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Networks David is a member of

NewCo Network

1610 CONNECTIONS

Self-Employed Network

843 CONNECTIONS

IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network

398 CONNECTIONS

Facebook Network

362 CONNECTIONS

Meta Network

177 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Lightspark

Investment Range

$50K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

David Marcus is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Payments (Seed)Los Angeles / Southern California Web3/Crypto (Seed)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area

David Marcus's Investments On Record (18)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Breezy	Pre SeedFeb 2026$10M	$13M
Co-investors: Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Meyer "Micky" Malka (Ribbit Capital), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall Ventures), Fidji Simo
Jolly	Series AFeb 2025$17M	$17M
Co-investors: Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital), Julien Codorniou (Felix Capital), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com)
Roxom Global	Pre SeedJul 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Max Shapiro (Cadenza Ventures), Ignacio Plaza (Draper Cygnus), Ariel Arrieta (NXTP Labs)
Scoop	SeedNov 2022$8M	$73M
Co-investors: Greg McAdoo (Sequoia Capital), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Zaw Thet (Signia Venture Partners), Raj Atluru (Activate Capital), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Zach Weinberg (Multiple Startups/Funds), Russell Fradin (Dynamic Signal), Semil Shah (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Russ Fradin
Justt	Series BNov 2021$50M	$80M
Co-investors: Oren Zeev (Zeev Ventures), Jacqueline Reses (Apax Partners), Ornit Shinar (Raine Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Luis Valdich (VIM Investors), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Brian Bell (Team Ignite Ventures)
Rocket Money	Series AOct 2018$5M SeedMar 2016$350K	$84M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Nate Niparko (Accel-KKR), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Jigar Shah (Clean Feet Investors), Alireza Masrour (Plug and Play Tech Center), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Jeremy Yap (Xtripe Angels), Troy Carter (Earthshot Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Josh Goldman (Norwest Venture Partners), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Jawed Karim, Ellen Pao
Shone	SeedJun 2018$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Erik Buchanan (C3 Ventures), Ed Roman (Hack VC)
Prefer	Series AMay 2017	$2M
Co-investors: Meyer "Micky" Malka (Ribbit Capital), Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), Mike Krieger (Anthropic), Paul Strachman (Red Sea Ventures), Javier Olivan (Metamorphic Ventures), Jeff Arnold (Depth Ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Chloe Sladden (Broadway Angels), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Adam D'Angelo

David Marcus's Experience

Member Board of Directors Nubank2023 - Present

Co-Founder & CEO Lightspark2022 - Present

VP, Messaging Products Facebook2014 - Present

Chairman IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Chairman Self-EmployedPresent

Head of Messenger metaPresent

Head of Novi metaPresent

Founder and CEO Zong (acquired by Paypal)Present

Board Member Diem Association2019 - 2021

Head of Novi Meta2018 - 2021

Member Board Of Directors Tipping Point Community2017 - 2019

Member Board Of Directors Coinbase2017 - 2018

Head of Messenger Meta2014 - 2018

President PayPal2012 - 2014

Vice President / GM, Mobile PayPal2011 - 2012

Founder and CEO Zong2008 - 2011

Founder and CEO Zong (Acquired by PayPal)2008 - 2011

Founder and CEO Zong (acquired by eBay/PayPal)2008 - 2011

Founder & CEO Echovox2000 - 2010

Founder & CEO Echovox (acquired by management / MBO)2000 - 2010

Chairman Self-employed2006 - 2008

Chairman NewCo2006 - 2008

Chairman echo6 (acquired by M6)2006 - 2008

Founder, Chairman & CEO GTN1996 - 2000

Founder, Chairman & CEO GTN Telecom (acquired by World Access)1996 - 2000

David Marcus's Education

University of Geneva Economics

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