David Clarke
InvestorSenior Advisor at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc · Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures
Dublin, Ireland
Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $100K
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David: together at Keelvar
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About
Senior Advisor and former CTO of Workday, where he served in various leadership roles since 2008 overseeing core transaction processing, analytics, and integration. He co-founded Cape Clear Software and earlier worked at Iona Technologies.
Experience
- VColaCo-founder and co-CEOcurrent2025 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Frontline VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Stinson Beach PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2020 — presentCounty Dublin, Ireland
- Acadian VenturesSenior Advisorcurrent2022 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- KeelvarInvestor and Board Chaircurrent2021 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Houses of the OireachtasPolitical Advisor2020 — 2024County Dublin, Ireland
- WorkdayChief Technology Officer2019 — 2020Greater Dublin
- WorkdaySenior VP Engineering2008 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Cape Clear Softwareco-founding CEO, Senior VP Products1999 — 2008
- IONA TechnologiesSenior Product Manager1996 — 1999
- shellbusiness analyst1993 — 1996
Skills & more
SaaS30Enterprise Software19Distributed Systems13SOA11Software Development10Cloud Computing20Agile Methodologies14
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Colleagues at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
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Audrey
Investment Team Member at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
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Jason Corsello
Founder & General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
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Ryan McQueeney
CFO at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
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Thomas
General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Thomas Otter
General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Network8
Ashley LundströmScout
Partner at EQT Ventures
Charlie SonghurstScout
Sr. Venture Partner at Acequia Capital (AceCap)
Jag SinghScout
Managing Partner at Angel Invest
Michele AttisaniScout
Investor at Insiders Ventures
Jamie Bristow
Principal at Frontline Ventures
Simone Brunozzi
GP, Founding Partner at Rialto Ventures
Steve Collins
Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures
William McQuillan
Partner at Frontline Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Clarke?
- Senior Advisor and former CTO of Workday, where he served in various leadership roles since 2008 overseeing core transaction processing, analytics, and integration. He co-founded Cape Clear Software and earlier worked at Iona Technologies.
- Where does David Clarke work?
- David Clarke is Senior Advisor at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc.
- What check size does David Clarke write?
- David Clarke typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- Where did David Clarke go to school?
- David Clarke studied at Trinity College Dublin (BA, CS).
Founder mafias
Trinity College Dublin mafia63
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Eoghan McCabeB.A. (Mod)Founded FinDylan CollinsBAFounded Superawesome +1Patrick FinlayBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded Solidroad +1Colm O'BrienMastersFounded Ulysses +1Karl IagnemmaApplied Mathematics, Fiction WritingFounded nuTonomy +1Anthony QuigleyBScFounded Digital Marketing Institute +1
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Frontline Ventures mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Acadian Ventures Management, Llc mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Keelvar mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Trinity College Dublin182
Eoghan McCabeCo-founder & CEO of Fin (formerly Intercom)Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate VenturesBriac BombrunInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsBrian SmigaVenture Partner, Co-Founder at Alpha PartnersTom StaffordCo-founder at DST GlobalRichard HurleyManaging Director, Head of IR at Seed Healthcare
+ 176 more
Shared employers
Also worked at VCola1
Also worked at Keelvar3
Also worked at Houses of the Oireachtas2
Also worked at Workday65
Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra VenturesMarisa WarrenFounder & Managing Partner at ALIAVIA Ventures
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