Where does David Brown work?

David Brown is Managing Partner at Impellent Ventures and Board director at Ognomy Sleep.

What check size does David Brown write?

David Brown typically writes checks of $250K – $1.5M.

Where did David Brown go to school?

David Brown studied at Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship); Williams College (BA, Psychology; Leadership Studies Concentration (honors distinction)); University of Sydney (study abroad).

David Brown

Investor

Managing Partner at Impellent Ventures · Board director at Ognomy Sleep

Rochester, New York

Writes $250K – $1.5M checks · typically $500K

About

Founder of Impellent with executive experience across many sectors; a mentor, advisor, and community builder. Williams undergrad and Babson MBA.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

d•••@impellent.vcreveal

Board director at Ognomy Sleep

Intro paths

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In turn, David can intro founders to Ognomy Sleep's investors below.

Ognomy Sleep's investors · 5

Blue Heron CapitalRichmond · since 2026 Catalyst InvestorsNew York · $10M – $20M checks · since 2026 Excell PartnersRochester · $100K – $500K checks Impellent VenturesRochester · $1.5M checks · since 2026 Launch NYBuffalo · $200K – $1M checks

Co-founders at Ognomy Sleep

Daniel RifkinFounder & CEO

Greg RossFounder

Experience

Impellent VenturesFounding Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentRochester, New York Metropolitan Area
Famous LabsInvestorcurrent2025 — present
Pair EyewearInvestorcurrent2020 — present
ColdcartInvestor and Board Membercurrent2025 — present
EnFi, IncInvestorcurrent2024 — present
LumiInvestorcurrent2024 — present
ProphetXInvestorcurrent2025 — present
CAKEInvestorcurrent2025 — present
Alō IndexInvestorcurrent2024 — present
EvergrowthInvestor and Board Membercurrent2024 — present
Trace 3DInvestorcurrent2024 — present
LearnLuxInvestorcurrent2020 — present
KashimiInvestorcurrent2025 — presentVilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania
ThreesInvestorcurrent2024 — present
Morrissey MarketInvestorcurrent2021 — present
TRL11Investorcurrent2024 — present
AllkindInvestor and Board Membercurrent2023 — present
KidsyInvestor and Board Observercurrent2023 — present
ComptInvestorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, MA
3AM Innovations Inc.Investor and Board Membercurrent2020 — presentBuffalo, New York, United States
8B Education InvestmentsInvestor and Board Membercurrent2022 — present
Personality AIInvestorcurrent2020 — present
KickfurtherInvestor and Board Observercurrent2020 — present
CCXInvestorcurrent2020 — present
Allure SecurityInvestorcurrent2021 — present
OgnomyInvestorcurrent2021 — present
OneScreen.AIInvestorcurrent2021 — present
TireTutorInvestorcurrent2020 — present
NextGen Venture PartnersFounding Venture Partner2016 — 2023
WevenInvestor and Board Observer2021 — 2022
NextGen Venture Partners - AlignVenture Partner2018 — 2021
Greater Boston Chamber of CommerceVice President of Innovation Leadership2016Boston, MA
ZappRxDirector of Strategic Partnerships2015Boston/ New York
TUGG (Technology Underwriting Greater Good)Executive Director2012 — 2015Greater Boston
New Foundry VenturesSummer Associate/ Consultant2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area, CA; New Orleans, LA; Boston, MA
MyCore EnergyDirector2010 — 2012Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, MN; Boston, MA
Paballong HIV/AIDS Care CentreFinancial Advisor and AIDS Educator2009Lesotho, Africa
McMaster-CarrManagement Development2007 — 2009Chicago, IL
Lazard Frères, L.L.CInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2006NYC, NY
Double H Ranch, A SeriousFun CampCamp Counselor for Family Unity1993 — 2006Lake Luzerne, NY

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Start-ups82Leadership60Strategic Planning46Public Speaking23Fundraising31Project Management36Sustainability4Research6Non-profits2Venture Capital14Social Media16

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Social EntrepreneurshipNonprofitsStrategyAnalysisBusiness StrategyManagement ConsultingGovernmentBusiness PlanningProgram ManagementMarket ResearchBusiness DevelopmentSales

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Colleagues at Impellent Ventures

Aaron Newman

Investor at Impellent Ventures

Aaron White

Investor at Impellent Ventures

Andrew Palmer

Co-Founder of Tamr at Underscore VC

Ariel Diaz

Investor at Impellent Ventures

David Martirano

Managing Partner at PJC

Dennis DeLeo

Investor at Impellent Ventures

Enrico Palmerino

Investor at Impellent Ventures

Jack Greco

Investor at Impellent Ventures

Network9

Anne DwaneScout

General Partner at Village Global

Brian ShinScout

Managing Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage Ventures

Jenny FieldingScout

Founder & General Partner at Everywhere Ventures

Scott HartleyScout

Founder & General Partner at Everywhere Ventures

Anna Barber

Partner at M13

Dennis DeLeo

Investor at Impellent Ventures

Giuseppe Stuto

Co-Founder, Managing Partner at 186 Ventures

Philip H. Beauregard

Former Founder, Operator at Impellent Ventures

Reilly P. Brennan

Partner at Trucks VC

Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Brown?: Founder of Impellent with executive experience across many sectors; a mentor, advisor, and community builder. Williams undergrad and Babson MBA.
Where does David Brown work?: David Brown is Managing Partner at Impellent Ventures and Board director at Ognomy Sleep.
What check size does David Brown write?: David Brown typically writes checks of $250K – $1.5M.
Where did David Brown go to school?: David Brown studied at Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship); Williams College (BA, Psychology; Leadership Studies Concentration (honors distinction)); University of Sydney (study abroad).

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Also attended Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business139

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Also attended Williams College169

Chase ColemanFounder & Partner of Tiger Global Management Steve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOL Chris PicardoPartner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3 Isabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer Hippeau Nino MarakovicPartner, CEO at Sapphire Ventures Tiffany YuPrincipal at 7wire Ventures

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Also attended University of Sydney407

Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal Investments Tony NystenPartner at OpenOcean Gustav von SydowInvestor at EQT Ventures Naomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI Ventures Alex ChetkowskiInvestor at Riverwood Capital

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Also attended Nazareth University3

Heather FraserGlobal CFO and COO at Evolution Equity Partners Kristina IgoeExecutive Assistant at Left Lane Capital Jeremy MortonCEO and Founder at The Expert TA

Shared employers

About

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Board director at Ognomy Sleep

Intro paths

Ognomy Sleep's investors · 5

Co-founders at Ognomy Sleep

Experience

Skills & more

Colleagues at Impellent Ventures

Network9

Frequently asked questions

Same school

Also attended Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business139

Also attended Williams College169

Also attended University of Sydney407

Also attended Nazareth University3

Shared employers

Also worked at EnFi, Inc5

Also worked at Lumi1

Also worked at CAKE2

Also worked at Kashimi1