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Dave Anderson

Founding General Partner at Beat Ventures

San Francisco, California

VC
Investor
Founder

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $100,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Matlab
Microsoft Office
Telelogic DOORS
Automotive
Manufacturing
Testing
Engineering
Systems Engineering
Program Management
Embedded Systems
Project Planning
Project Management
Engineering Management
Management
Electrical Engineering
Lean Manufacturing
Requirements Management
Project Engineering
Root Cause Analysis

Education

Work Experience

Beat Ventures

2021

  • Founding General Partner

    2021

    Investing in AI for overlooked legacy industries. Early investor in Stack AI, Treehouse, Operant AI, Volur, Bitpart AI, Bolo AI, Theo AI, Middleware, Oxen, Hireguide, Fishtail, Clockwork, Safe, Mentorcam, Dropverse, Athenic AI, and Truewind.

Toyota AI Ventures

2018 - 2021

  • Investor

    2019 - 2021

    Focus areas: AI, deep-tech, robotics, and mobility Invested in and supported Ziva Dynamics (board obv; acq. by Unity), Bipi (board obv. acq. By Renault Group), Drishti, Common Sense Machines, Carbice, Nauto, Metawave, Realtime Robotics, May Mobility, and Skip.

  • MBA Associate

    2018 - 2019

Harvard Business School

2019 - 2019

  • Venture Fellow

    2019 - 2019

NextEnergy Center

2016 - 2017

  • Director of Venture Services

    2016 - 2017

    Helped startups access non-dilutive grant funding and venture capital

Bamboo Detroit

2013 - 2016

  • Co-founder

    2013 - 2016

    The WeWork of tier II cities. Helped startups grow fast and strong—just like bamboo.

Robert Bosch Battery Systems LLC

2011 - 2014

  • Head of Sales, Controlling & Planning (SCP) for North America

    2013 - 2014

  • Engineering PM

    2011 - 2013

  • Systems Engineer

    2011 - 2011

General Dynamics Land Systems

2007 - 2011

  • Systems Engineer

    2009 - 2011

  • System Engineering Co-op

    2007 - 2009