David Bill
InvestorExpert in Residence at First Round Capital · CTO at Freestyle Capital · Operating Partner at Virta Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
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About
Operating Partner with over 25 years in technology leadership across startups and companies including ExactTarget and Virta Health. He is a Founding Advisor and CTO to Freestyle Capital and an Expert in Residence at First Round Capital, supporting technical diligence.
Experience
- Freestyle CapitalCTOcurrent2009 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- First Round CapitalExpert in Residencecurrent2023 — present
- First Round CapitalMentor2018 — 2023
- Virta VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2023 — present
- Virta HealthAdvisor2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Virta HealthHead of Engineering2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Burning Man ProjectStrategic Technology Advisor & CTO2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- True&CoAdvisor2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- LiveFyreAdvisor2010 — 2016
- KloutAdvisor2009 — 2014
- GoInstantAdvisor2012
- ExactTargetVice President, Technology2010 — 2012
- CoTweet, IncCTO, co-founder, board member2009 — 2012
- Chirp InteractiveCTO, co-founder2007 — 2008
- AOL, Inc.Senior Director, Technology Strategy1999 — 2007
- Grouper NetworksAdvisor2004 — 2006
- Spinner.comCTO1997 — 1999
- Interplay Entertainment Corp.Director, Systems Development1996 — 1997
- Sierra OnlineSoftware Engineering Manager1993 — 1996Oakhurst, California, United States
- Sierra OnlineSoftware Engineer1991 — 1992
Skills & more
Start-ups69Venture Capital35Entrepreneurship34Strategic Partnerships24Big Data9Leadership9Product Management11Mobile Devices17Agile Methodologies14Scalability9System Architecture8Mobile Applications7
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Colleagues at First Round Capital
Amy Fu
Vice President, Investments at First Round Capital
An Vu
Recruiter at First Round Capital
Anisha Gupta
GTM Strategy and Ops at First Round Capital
Anne Loeslein
Executive Assistant at First Round Capital
Annie Duke
Investor at Renegade Partners
Arpan Punyani
Co-founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures
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Ashley Mayer
Co-founder and full-time GP at Coalition Operators
Asonye Chukwuemeka
General Partner at First Round Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Bill?
- Operating Partner with over 25 years in technology leadership across startups and companies including ExactTarget and Virta Health. He is a Founding Advisor and CTO to Freestyle Capital and an Expert in Residence at First Round Capital, supporting technical diligence.
- Where does David Bill work?
- David Bill is Expert in Residence at First Round Capital.
Shared employers
Also worked at Virta Health9
Timothy RobertsFellow at High Street Equity PartnersRaymond TonsingPartner at Caffeinated CapitalSimon HayhurstGeneral Partner at Team Ignite VenturesSiobhan Nolan ManginiPartner at VenrockKarin UnderwoodFounder at Verano HealthSami InkinenFounder at Virta Health
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Also worked at True&Co2
Also worked at GoInstant4
Also worked at AOL, Inc.153
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalSteve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOLJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersDan RuchPartner at Rho VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at Revolution
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