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About
Dave Evans is President and CEO of MISUMI USA. He co-founded and served as CEO of Fictiv, a global manufacturing and supply chain company focused on custom manufacturing sourcing from prototype to low-volume production, and was the first hire at Ford's Silicon Valley Lab, where he worked on reducing development cycles for infotainment systems. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and has been featured by outlets including NBC News, Nasdaq, TechCrunch, Forbes 30 Under 30, and Discovery.
Co-founder & CEO at Fictiv
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Fictiv's investors · 12
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2022ACTivate CapitalCanberra · since 2022ACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSSan Francisco · $10M – $30M checksAdit Ventures Management, LlcNew YorkAngeleno GroupBeverly Hills · $10M – $30M checks · since 2022Cross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake City · since 2022G2 Venture PartnersPortola Valley · $15M – $25M checks · since 2022GE VenturesCincinnati · since 2021Standard InvestmentsNew York · since 2022The Westly GroupMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022Verissimo VenturesBedfordW11 Capital
Co-founders at Fictiv
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Nate EvansFounder
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Nathan EvansCo-founder & CXO
Experience
- MISUMI USAPresident & CEOcurrent2026 — present
- FictivCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Fast Company Executive BoardExecutive Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- Forbes Technology CouncilManufacturing Industry Contributorcurrent2019 — present
- World Economic ForumMember, Advanced Manufacturing Groupcurrent2020 — present
- Ford Motor CompanyLead Hardware Engineer2012 — 2014Palo Alto, CA
- Stanford UniversityMen's Assistant Rowing Coach2011 — 2012Stanford, CA
- FACE AIDSNational Programming Director2010 — 2011
- Slidepad TechnologiesDesign and Testing Engineer2011Palo Alto, CA
- MagCanicaEngineering Internship2010
- Forsch MarineMarine Mechanic2008
Skills & more
Solidworks27Catia7Arduino6Eagle PCB3Pro Engineer7Matlab9Labview1C2C++2Microsoft Office1Milling1Java2
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LatheProgrammingHTMLWeldCSSSlaFinite Element AnalysisMachiningRapid PrototypingMechanical EngineeringCADEngineeringFrom Dave's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dave Evans?
- Dave Evans is President and CEO of MISUMI USA. He co-founded and served as CEO of Fictiv, a global manufacturing and supply chain company focused on custom manufacturing sourcing from prototype to low-volume production, and was the first hire at Ford's Silicon Valley Lab, where he worked on reducing development cycles for infotainment systems. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and has been featured by outlets including NBC News, Nasdaq, TechCrunch, Forbes 30 Under 30, and Discovery.
- Where does Dave Evans work?
- Dave Evans is Co-founder & CEO of Fictiv.
- What companies did Dave Evans found?
- Dave Evans founded Fictiv.
- Where did Dave Evans go to school?
- Dave Evans studied at Stanford University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering); Blair Academy (H.S., Cum Laude Certificate).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fictiv10
Marianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly GroupMegan CainPrincipal at The Westly GroupAbdul KhanChief of Staff at Primetime PartnersCrystal ValentineTechnology Fellow at Cross Creek AdvisorsDaniel OrosPartner at G2 Venture Partners
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Brock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture PartnersEdward KimInvestor at Side Door VenturesAlan TaubAdvisor at Autotech VenturesSaud AbbasiAdvisor at Autotech VenturesMusa TariqInvestor at FELIX CAPITALJosh HarmsenManaging Director at Ankona Capital
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Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)
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