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David Pickerell

CEO, GigSafe & Para | Investor at Yes VC

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $30,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $250,000.00

Work Experience

2023

  • Founder & CEO

    2023

    Ambitious delivery providers grow with GigSafe - the modern third-party administrator for businesses that engage independent contractors. Purpose built to help you launch new markets in days, not weeks, our technology drastically improves driver time-to-contract, automates back-office operations, and enables compliance to win deals and meet contract requirements with your expanding customer base. If you care about onboarding drivers faster, paying drivers quicker, staying compliant, and improving your margins, email me at david@gigsafe.com

  • Co-founder & CEO

    2020

    Gig drivers use Para to get all their work pings in one place and unlock new work. Companies use Para to hire the right drivers instantly.

2019

  • Early Stage Investor

    2019

    Early-stage investments (Dapper, Superhuman, Hipcamp, Lovevery, OneSignal, Kickstarter...), based in San Francisco. I focus on the gig economy, marketplaces, tooling and infrastructure, operations, and the supply chain.

2017 - 2018

  • Business Operations Lead

    2017 - 2018

    Our vehicle sensors have enabled the largest commercial fleets in the world to avoid more than 70,000 collisions. I built out business ops and helped the CEO raise $159M from Greylock and Softbank.

2015 - 2017

  • Lead Operations and Logistics Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Set up Uber's Las Vegas operation - one of our largest and most profitable cities in the U.S.

2013 - 2015

  • Senior Analyst

    2013 - 2015

    Investor relations, financial analysis, China coverage