Dave Fontenot
InvestorGeneral Partner at Backend Capital
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K checks · typically $500K
About
Dave Fontenot lived in monasteries, co-created MHacks and evangelized hackathons, and runs a 12-week SF live-in residency handling logistics for repeat founders while selecting those with fire in their eyes.
Experience
- HF0 ResidencyFoundercurrent2023 — present
- Backend CapitalGeneral Partner2019 — 2022
- MonasteryMindfulness Journey2016 — 2018
- HackMatchFounder2014 — 2016
- MHacksFounder2013University of Michigan
Education
- University of MichiganDropout, Computer Science2011 — 2013
Skills & more
C++32JavaScript22Matlab8Objective-C6Leadership28Public Speaking29Hackathons20Start-ups73Entrepreneurship96Social Media39Mobile Applications34Programming19
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Data AnalysisTechnical RecruitingRecruitingStartupsEducationFundraisingManagementCommunity EngineeringSocial EngineeringEarly-stage StartupsLanguages Mandarin · Spanish
From Dave's professional profile.
Colleagues at Backend Capital
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Managing Partner at Soma Capital
Evan ChengScout
Investor at Mysten Labs
Furqan RydhanScout
Founder at Founders
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General Partner at Founders
Investors connected to Dave in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Dave Fontenot work?
- Dave Fontenot is General Partner at Backend Capital.
- What check size does Dave Fontenot write?
- Dave Fontenot typically writes checks of $500K.
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