Where does David Gerster work?

David Gerster is Co-founder of Safehub and Investment Partner at Fusion.

What does David Gerster invest in?

David Gerster invests in AI & Machine Learning, PropTech.

What boards does David Gerster sit on?

David Gerster holds tracked board seats at Volur, Inc..

What companies has David Gerster invested in?

Investments tracked here include OpenSpace, Alation, Cloudera.

Where did David Gerster go to school?

David Gerster studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA); Harvard University (BA with Honors, General Studies); Nichols School (High School).

Does David Gerster lead rounds?

Yes — David Gerster has led 1 tracked investment.

David Gerster

InvestorFounder

Investment Partner at Fusion · Co-founder at Safehub

Palo Alto

FoundedSafehub

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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

d•••@fusionfund.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningPropTech

Co-founder at Safehub

Intro paths

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

Safehub's investors · 8

Blackhorn VenturesDenver · $500K checks FusionPalo Alto · $500K – $1M checks JLL SparkSan Francisco JLL Spark Global VenturesSan Francisco MGV.VCSan Francisco · $500K checks noaLondon Promus VenturesChicago Ubiquity VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $3M checks

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

Skills & more

Hadoop42SQL14MySQL14MapReduce9Tableau3SaaS2Ruby on RailsAnalytics89Big Data68Search22A/B testing18Start-ups26

+12 more

SEMData MiningMobile ApplicationsBusiness IntelligenceMobile DevicesMachine LearningWeb AnalyticsStrategyDistributed SystemsPPCAlgorithmsUser Experience

From David's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Volur, Inc.Board seat

via Fusion · filed Mar 2025 · $4.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Led

OpenSpace

Investor

AlationCloudera

Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Fusion

Ada AI

Senior Analyst at Fusion

Amit Srivastav

Venture Partner at Fusion

Auguste Fagniez

Senior Associate at Fusion

Charlotte Xia

Senior Associate at Fusion

Harry Feng

Venture Partner at Fusion

Homan Yuen

Venture Partner at Fusion

Ivneet Bhullar

Investment Partner at Fusion

Jasmine Wang

Analyst at Fusion

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Gerster?: 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.
Where does David Gerster work?: David Gerster is Co-founder of Safehub and Investment Partner at Fusion.
What does David Gerster invest in?: David Gerster invests in AI & Machine Learning, PropTech.
What companies did David Gerster found?: David Gerster founded Safehub.
What boards does David Gerster sit on?: David Gerster holds tracked board seats at Volur, Inc..
What companies has David Gerster invested in?: Investments tracked here include OpenSpace, Alation, Cloudera.
Where did David Gerster go to school?: David Gerster studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA); Harvard University (BA with Honors, General Studies); Nichols School (High School).
Does David Gerster lead rounds?: Yes — David Gerster has led 1 tracked investment.