David Wieland

Founder and Managing Partner

2019

Motivate Ventures is a ~$200M AUM investment firm that primarily invests its flagship VC funds into high growth potential startups. Our target first check size is $500K-$3M and ours is typically the first professional capital in a business. We invest at the pre-seed and seed stage and lean toward Fintech and B2B SaaS. Entrepreneurs: warm email intros from other professional investors are best or you can reach out and tell us more about your startup and its funding needs here: www.motivate.vc/funding

Founder

2023

Firesale connects buyers and sellers of technology company assets that need to sell quickly.

Chairman and Primary Owner

2022

Board Member

2021

Board Member

2020

www.fulcrumpro.com

Owner

2015

Our family office that primarily invests directly in early stage ventures, venture and private equity funds, commercial real estate, and other alternative investments. www.cardigan.com

Co-Founder and former Chairman

2012

www.irishangels.com

Founder, Managing Director

2007

iEstates is a holding company focused on small cap digital assets. We acquire and operate a portfolio of high margin digital businesses and assets. Portfolio companies and assets include: Austin.com, Bourbon.com, Employer.com, Interviewing.com, MBAs.com, LTE.com, Auditioning.com, eStores.com, TheCrowd.com, SalesPitch.com, Previewed.com, iDeveloper.com, Veneer.com, Improve.org, Smart.org, Volunteer.org, Create.org

(Acquired) Founder, Founding Investor, Board Member

2012 - 2022

Nearly 1000 companies like AT&T, Dell, CareerBuilder, and Monster.com utilize the RIVS video hiring and interview scheduling platforms to increase quality of candidates and improve the speed at which they're hired. www.rivs.com

(Acquired) Founder, Director of the Board

2011 - 2015

Transitioned from CEO to Director at Innflux, a company I co-founded in 2003 after selling a majority stake in 2011 to private equity and then again in 2015 to Cloud5. Cloud5 owns and operates public-use WiFi and VOIP networks in over 5000 hotels, hospitals, and MDU/MTUs.