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David J. Phillips

CEO at Fondo - taxes, tax credits, & bookkeeping on autopilot for 1,000+ busy founders.

San Francisco, California

Invests in

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  • Min Investment:

    $10,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,000.00

Work Experience

2020

  • Founder & CEO

    2020

    Fondo is the easy way for your startup to get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS ($21,000 on average).

  • Angel Investor

    2016

    Invest in startups: Rippling - throw away your new hire checklist Flexport - the modern freight forwarder Liquid Death - Murder your thirst Mystery Science (acq. by Discovery Education) - science book replacement that inspires kids Hackbright Academy (acq. by Capella Education NASDAQ:CPLA) - coding bootcamp for gender equality LendLayer (acq. by Affirm NASDAQ:AFRM) - student loans for accelerated education Sevcon (acq. by BorgWarner NYSE:BWA) - power solutions for zero-emission vehicles & 75+ others

2019 - 2019

  • Angel Track

    2019 - 2019

2018 - 2019

  • Co-Founder

    2018 - 2019

    Pivoted to Fondo. BloomJoy created viral editorial content for media companies.

2012 - 2016

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2012 - 2016

    Acquired by Capella Education (NASDAQ:CPLA) in April 2016. Hackbright is the leading coding bootcamp for gender equality. We have trained over 1,000 software engineers and helped them land jobs with our partners including Slack, Uber, Disney, Pinterest, Lyft, Facebook. We were one of the first coding bootcamps and an industry leader in the accelerated education space.

2008 - 2010

  • Founder & CEO

    2008 - 2010

    Education company bridging the gap between high school and college by connecting high school students with role model tutors.

2009 - 2010

  • Public Accountant & Auditor

    2009 - 2010

    Audit & enterprise risk services team

2008 - 2009

  • Accountant

    2008 - 2009

    Wrote a program that improved monthly working capital by a few million dollars each month.