
Founding Partner at Lobby Capital
David is a Founding Partner with Lobby Capital (www.lobby.vc) and the creator and Executive Producer of The Lobby Conference (www.thelobbyconference.com). He invests broadly in information technology companies, with a focus on enterprise applications and infrastructure software, fintech, and consumer-facing software and services. He is the author of the first Venture Capital blog, VentureBlog (www.ventureblog.com) and first Venture Capital podcast, VentureCast. Prior to Lobby Capital, David was a General Partner at August Capital for 20 years. David teaches business and law at Harvard Law School and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
lobby.vc
brillianthome.com
evite.com
fletch.ai
hbs.edu
wepay.com
linkedin.com
perkinscoie.com
getmaintainx.com
tophatter.com
sixapart.jp
cravath.com
gitlab.com
shoprunner.com
vowel.com
drop.com
rocketlawyer.com
fastly.com
bill.com
secondspectrum.com
nomissolutions.com
ted.com
stanford.edu
paynearme.com
harvard.edu
splunk.com
Palo Alto, California, United States
Founding Partner
Lobby Capital
• www.linkedin.com/company/lobby-capital
Jan 2021 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Board Member
MaintainX
• www.linkedin.com/company/getmaintainx
Feb 2019 - Present
Chairperson of the Board
Stanford Alumni Association
• www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-alumni-association
Feb 2019 - Present
Lecturer
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Sep 2017 - Present
Board Member
Fastly
• www.linkedin.com/company/fastly
Mar 2013 - Present
Investor
PayNearMe
• www.linkedin.com/company/paynearme
Nov 2010 - Present
Board Member
Bill.com
• www.linkedin.com/company/bill
May 2009 - Present
Executive Producer
The Lobby Conference
Jan 2007 - Present
Board Member
GLAAD
Apr 2014 - Apr 2025
Board Member
Gravity
Jan 2009 - Jan 2014
Board Member
Mechanical Zoo (Aardvark)
Oct 2008 - Feb 2010
Associate
Venture Law Group (VLG)
Feb 1997 - Nov 1998