David Colton
FounderFounder at AlgoUniversity
Los Angeles, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedAlgoUniversity · YC
About
Associate who started at Casa Verde in 2018. Previously worked with the General Catalyst finance team, and studied Finance & Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University.
Founder at AlgoUniversityYC S21
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran AlgoUniversity's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, David can intro founders to AlgoUniversity's investors below.
AlgoUniversity's investors · 2
Co-founders at AlgoUniversity
Founder at AlgoUniversityYC S21
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran AlgoUniversity's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, David can intro founders to AlgoUniversity's investors below.
AlgoUniversity's investors · 2
Co-founders at AlgoUniversity
Experience
- Bessemer TrustVice President, Associate Wealth Advisorcurrent2026 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Mucker CapitalMBA Intern2025Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- CAMB.AIMBA Intern2025
- Casa Verde CapitalAssociate2022 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- Casa Verde CapitalAnalyst2019 — 2022Los Angeles, California
- Casa Verde CapitalVenture Capital Intern2018 — 2019Greater Los Angeles Area
- General CatalystVC Finance Co-op2017 — 2018Cambridge, MA
- KELZAL (QELZAL CORPORATION)Finance Intern2017San Diego County, California, United States
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Skills & more
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Investor RelationsCustomer ServiceGoogle DriveDealsCritical ThinkingLeadershipPublic SpeakingTeamworkFrom David's professional profile.
Network5
Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Colton?
- Associate who started at Casa Verde in 2018. Previously worked with the General Catalyst finance team, and studied Finance & Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University.
- Where does David Colton work?
- David Colton is Founder of AlgoUniversity.
- What check size does David Colton write?
- David Colton typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies did David Colton found?
- David Colton founded AlgoUniversity.
- Where did David Colton go to school?
- David Colton studied at University of Southern California (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); Northeastern University (Bachelor's degree, Finance and Entrepreneurship); Copenhagen Business School (Study Abroad, Marketing/Economics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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University of Southern California mafia137
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Northeastern University mafia43
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Copenhagen Business School mafia36
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General Catalyst mafia16
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Same school
Also attended University of Southern California679
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Also attended Northeastern University320
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Also attended Copenhagen Business School429
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Also attended San Diego Jewish Academy3
Shared employers
Also worked at Bessemer Trust4
Also worked at Mucker Capital27
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