Where does David Currant (Tolioupov) work?

David Currant (Tolioupov) is Founder & CEO of LocalOn and Venture Partner at Lobster Capital.

What companies did David Currant (Tolioupov) found?

David Currant (Tolioupov) founded LocalOn.

Where did David Currant (Tolioupov) go to school?

David Currant (Tolioupov) studied at Y Combinator (S'13); Boston College (BS, Computer Science); Université Paris-Sorbonne (BS, Computer Science).

David Currant (Tolioupov)

InvestorFounder

Venture Partner at Lobster Capital · Founder & CEO at LocalOn

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedLocalOn · YC

About

David Currant is a founder who previously built Mustard, a local creator marketing platform, which grew to over 170,000 creators and local business clients. He also founded or co-founded LocalOn (YC S13), GoSkip (accepted into Microsoft Ventures Accelerator and later acquired by Standard AI), and Zensoft.io (which expanded to over 200 employees); he currently works on MXPilot, a marketing operations platform integrating AI agents with marketing tools.

Founder & CEO at LocalOn YC S13

Intro paths

David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

LocalOn's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2013

Co-founders at LocalOn

Shahbano ImranFounder/CEO

Experience

MXPilot AICEO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Lobster CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Fincura, LA FUND, SAGO.AI, CloudCoreo, AsproDental, Kartel.AIAngel Investorcurrent2017 — present
MUSTARD, INCFounder & CEO2019 — 2026
Zensoft IOFounder & CEO2017 — 2025
Echo Energy, LLCCTO2015 — 2017
GoSkip, Inc. (Acquired by Standard AI)Co-Founder2014 — 2016
LocalOn (YC S2013)Co-Founder & CTO2010 — 2014
Boston CollegeResearch Assistant2006 — 2008
M86 SecurityTeam Lead2004 — 2006
Israeli Air ForceSoftware Team Lead2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Start-up Ventures5Early Stage Investment5Angel Investing2Partner IdentificationTeam Leadership9Business Strategy7Start-ups53Entrepreneurship41Management18Marketing Strategy10Java35SQL9

+12 more

JavaScriptPHPCC#HTMLPerlLinuxSecuritySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Cloud ComputingSoftware EngineeringMobile Applications

Languages English · French · Hebrew · Russian

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Colleagues at Lobster Capital

Niki Choo

Investor at LOI Venture

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Currant (Tolioupov)?: David Currant is a founder who previously built Mustard, a local creator marketing platform, which grew to over 170,000 creators and local business clients. He also founded or co-founded LocalOn (YC S13), GoSkip (accepted into Microsoft Ventures Accelerator and later acquired by Standard AI), and Zensoft.io (which expanded to over 200 employees); he currently works on MXPilot, a marketing operations platform integrating AI agents with marketing tools.
Where does David Currant (Tolioupov) work?: David Currant (Tolioupov) is Founder & CEO of LocalOn and Venture Partner at Lobster Capital.
What companies did David Currant (Tolioupov) found?: David Currant (Tolioupov) founded LocalOn.
Where did David Currant (Tolioupov) go to school?: David Currant (Tolioupov) studied at Y Combinator (S'13); Boston College (BS, Computer Science); Université Paris-Sorbonne (BS, Computer Science).