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David Currant (Tolioupov)

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Venture Partner at Lobster Capital · Founder & CEO at LocalOn

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedLocalOn · YC

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Dave MunichiellounlockedDavid: together at Y Combinator (2013)
×2David: together at Boston College
×6David: together at Y Combinator
×3David: together at Université Paris-Sorbonne

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 LocalOnYC S13

Intro paths

YC

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

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Co-founders at LocalOn

SIShahbano Imran
Shahbano ImranFounder/CEO

Experience

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

Skills & more

Start-up Ventures5Early Stage Investment5Angel Investing2Partner IdentificationTeam Leadership9Business Strategy7Start-ups53Entrepreneurship41Management18Marketing Strategy10Java35SQL9
+12 moreJavaScriptPHPCC#HTMLPerlLinuxSecuritySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Cloud ComputingSoftware EngineeringMobile Applications

Languages English · French · Hebrew · Russian

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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).

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