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David Paul

Venture Capital and Growth Equity Investor

Carlsbad, California

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2021

    DWP Capital is an early stage growth equity firm that invests in vertical SaaS and tech-enabled services. Our investments are typically Seed to Series A with initial check sizes of $1-$3M. We lead rounds as well as follow on. We invest in vertical SaaS and service companies that solve real problems for businesses. We believe in a capital efficient, niche focus approach which allows the companies we invest in to become market dominant in their respective industries. We do not invest in moonshot, boil the ocean strategies. In our experience this leads to a winner take all approach and we believe that the founders and shareholders should have the ability to run the business profitably, receive liquidity, and not end up with a zero.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Angel Investor

    2015

    Angel Investor @: Mercato Diagon Sixy AI Keydata Dashboard

2017 - 2022

  • Board Observer

    2017 - 2022

    Sits on the board of directors as an observer and has raised several million dollars of venture capital through various funding rounds.

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2022

    Led the Series A round and sits on the board of directors. Exited the company through a management buyout.

2016 - 2021

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2021

    Led the Series A round and exited during the Series C.

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2020

    Led the Series A round then sold to a strategic acquirer within two years.

  • Partner

    2016 - 2019

    Canal Partners is a private equity and venture capital investment firm that seeks to invest in B2B software and tech-enabled services companies. This partnership was sun setted in 2020. There are currently two active investments in the portfolio. I sit on the board as an observer for one of them.

2015 - 2016

  • Associate

    2015 - 2016

    Tallwave Capital is an early-stage venture firm focused on making investments in all things digital; from ad tech, ecommerce, and SaaS platforms to digital health and ed tech startups. We believe in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs to commercialize new technologies and build those technologies into industry-leading companies. We’re located in Scottsdale, AZ and we invest in companies across the country.