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David Samuel

Investor

General Partner at Freestyle Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $1.5M – $3M checks Β· typically $2.5M

About

Dave Samuel is an MIT-trained engineer and two-time founder/CEO whose Spinner.com (sold to AOL for $320M) and Grouper/Crackle (sold to Sony for $65M) exits inform his hands-on seed-stage operational guidance.

Invests in

Sector Agnostic

Experience

  1. Freestyle CapitalFounding General Partnercurrent2008 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Toi LabsCo-Founder Chairmancurrent2018 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. Brondell Inc.Founder Chairman2003 β€” 2010
  4. Crackle (formerly Grouper)Founder President2003 β€” 2008
  5. Spinner.com (Internet Radio Web1.0 Company)Founder, CEO1996 β€” 2000
  6. OracleSoftware Engineer1994 β€” 1996

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6.1 (EE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering1990 β€” 1994
  2. Waterville High School1986 β€” 1990

Skills & more

Leadership18Management17Venture Capital74Entrepreneurship82Start-ups56Angel Investing23Strategic Partnerships32Product Management23Corporate Development9E-commerce13Product Development9Mobile Devices8
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