About
David Gerster is an Investment Partner at Fusion Fund. He previously invested at the JLL Spark Global Venture Fund (a $100M early-stage proptech fund), where he led its Series A investment in OpenSpace, and has angel-invested in early rounds of Cloudera and Alation. Before venture, he was VP of Data Science at BigML and built data science teams at Groupon and Yahoo. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and a bachelor's degree from Harvard.
David Gerster @gerster
Are you curious about VC? Apply for the 2026 Fusion Fund Venture Fellowship! This 12-week program, taught by Fusion Fund's partners, demystifies the opaque world of venture capital. Last year, we had more than 700 applicants for 25 spots! Apply here: https://t.co/ZEApFuNJdQ https://t.co/8zh9BsZZj3
Mar 13, 2026
David Gerster @gerster
Excited to host Fusion Fund's Q4 Office Hours in Palo Alto on December 10! I'll be chatting with pre-seed founders in enterprise AI, healthcare and deeptech. Please visit this link for details: https://t.co/6TQlCUyZi6 https://t.co/IcUmXWg2QJ
Nov 20, 2025
David Gerster @gerster
I said “walk and chew gum at the same time” in a meeting today, and the youngsters on the team thought it was hilarious—first time they’d heard that colorful idiom.
Jul 11, 2025 · ♥ 1
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningPropTech
Experience
- Fusion FundInvestment Partnercurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- JLLPrincipal, JLL Spark Global Venture Fund2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- JLLVice President, JLL Spark2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- BigML, IncVice President of Data Science2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- My humble selfData Investor2008 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- GrouponDirector of Data Science2010 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftPrincipal Program Manager, Bing2009 — 2010
- Yahoo!Director of Analytics2007 — 2009
- Yahoo!Principal Technical Yahoo!2005 — 2007
- Yahoo!Manager, Search Monetization2003 — 2004
- David Gerster Structured Finance Services-2001 — 2003
- DeltaClick, Inc.Founder and CEO2000 — 2001
- Epitonic.comIntern / MP3 Enthusiast / IRC Bot Writer1999
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA1998 — 2000
- Harvard UniversityBA with Honors, General Studies1988 — 1992
- Nichols SchoolHigh School1980 — 1988
Skills & more
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SEMData MiningMobile ApplicationsBusiness IntelligenceMobile DevicesMachine LearningWeb AnalyticsStrategyDistributed SystemsPPCAlgorithmsUser ExperienceFrom David's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489
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Also attended Harvard University1,171
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Shared employers
Also worked at JLL51
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Also worked at BigML, Inc2
Also worked at Groupon76
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Also worked at Microsoft626
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Deals · 1
Volur, Inc.Board seat
via Fusion · filed Mar 2025 · $4.9M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
