Where does David J. Phillips work?

David J. Phillips is Founder/CEO of Fondo.

What check size does David J. Phillips write?

David J. Phillips typically writes checks of $10K – $100K.

What companies did David J. Phillips found?

David J. Phillips founded Fondo, Fondo.

Where did David J. Phillips go to school?

David J. Phillips studied at Y Combinator (Fondo (YC W18)); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) - Business Scaling Program Cohort 17); First Round Capital - Angel Track (Spring 2019 Cohort).

David J. Phillips

Founder

Founder/CEO at Fondo

San Francisco, California

Writes $10K – $100K checks · typically $10K

FoundedFondo · YC Fondo

Founder/CEO at Fondo YC W18

Intro paths

David went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Fondo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

Fondo's investors · 4

Money ForwardTokyo · since 2024 Motley Fool VenturesAlexandria · $1M – $2M checks Next Coast VenturesAustin · $2M – $4M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Experience

FondoFounder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
David J. PhillipsAngel Investorcurrent2016 — present
YPOMembercurrent2025 — present
BloomJoyCo-Founder2018 — 2019
First Round CapitalAngel Track2019San Francisco Bay Area
Hackbright AcademyCo-Founder & CEO2012 — 2016San Francisco, CA
UniverCity TutorsFounder & CEO2008 — 2010
DeloittePublic Accountant & Auditor2009 — 2010
ImerysAccountant2008 — 2009Santa Barbara, California Area

Skills & more

Ruby27Ruby on Rails52HTML31CSS38JavaScript48Leadership7Entrepreneurship93Software Development35Product Development23Product Management30User Interface Design13Business Development27

Languages English · Spanish

From David's professional profile.

Network8

Alex TongScout

Venture Partner at Information Venture Partners

Diego OppenheimerScout

Venture Partner at Work-Bench

Nick DavidovScout

Partner at DVC

Nitesh BantaScout

Co-founder and Advisor at Rough Draft Ventures

Rahul VohraScout

Investor at Todd and Rahul’s Angel Fund

Sheel MohnotScout

Co-Founder and Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures

Bobby Goodlatte

Managing Partner at Form Capital

Lindel Eakman

General Partner at Foundry

Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is David J. Phillips?: Angel
Where does David J. Phillips work?: David J. Phillips is Founder/CEO of Fondo.
What check size does David J. Phillips write?: David J. Phillips typically writes checks of $10K – $100K.
What companies did David J. Phillips found?: David J. Phillips founded Fondo, Fondo.
Where did David J. Phillips go to school?: David J. Phillips studied at Y Combinator (Fondo (YC W18)); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) - Business Scaling Program Cohort 17); First Round Capital - Angel Track (Spring 2019 Cohort).