Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$2,000,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
Skills
Education
- NU
- Uo
- NU
Lists including David
Investments
Fulcrum
Total Funding: $43M
Wilya
Total Funding: $6M
Frontdesk
Total Funding: $21M
Sweater
Total Funding: $26M
New Era ADR
Total Funding: $7M
Sarna
Total Funding: $950K
JOEZOO
Total Funding:
ProHabits
Total Funding: $320K
Hallow
Total Funding: $110M
Unsplash
Total Funding: $10M
Work Experience
2019
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
2023
Founder
2023
Firesale connects buyers and sellers of technology company assets that need to sell quickly.
2022
Chairman and Primary Owner
2022
2021
Board Member
2021
2020
Board Member
2020
www.fulcrumpro.com
2015
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
2012
Co-Founder and former Chairman
2012
www.irishangels.com
2007
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
2012 - 2022
(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
2011 - 2015
(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.