Where does David Klein work?

David Klein is Founder of Parade and Founder and Managing Director, WEX Venture Capital at WEX.

Where did David Klein go to school?

David Klein studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator; Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Economics).

David Klein

InvestorFounder

Founder and Managing Director, WEX Venture Capital at WEX · Founder at Parade

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

FoundedParade · YC

About

David Klein completed an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2020. He previously served as a product manager at General Assembly, where he led development of a product line, and held roles in consulting and at Techstars before transitioning into technology; he also interned at Strava on pricing and monetization strategy.

Founder at Parade YC S20

Intro paths

David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

Parade's investors · 2

GoAhead VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Experience

WEXFounder and Managing Director, WEX Venture Capitalcurrent2022 — present
PieInvestorcurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
Handle.comInvestorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Standard FleetBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco
HIVEDInvestorcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Energize CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
SynopInvestorcurrent2025 — present
GravityBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
ManivLimited Partercurrent2023 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
ev.energyBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
ChargetripBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
VolterasInvestor2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
ParadeFounder | Y Combinator Summer 20202020 — 2022Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area
StravaBusiness Operations2019San Francisco Bay Area
General AssemblyProduct Manager, Credentials2015 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
General AssemblyAssociate Product Manager2014 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
TechstarsAssociate2014New York City
Next StreetSenior Strategy Analyst2013 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
Analysis GroupAnalyst2011 — 2013
Washington University in St. LouisResearch Assistant, Center in Political Economy2010 — 2011

Skills & more

SQL1Microsoft Excel5Leadership14Public Speaking3Start-ups11Quantitative Analytics8Product Development8Data Analysis7Economics11Financial Modeling8Business Strategy5Analytics4

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FinanceMarket ResearchMarketingResearch

Languages Spanish

From David's professional profile.

Colleagues at WEX

Lee Carter

Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures

Susan Sobbott

Partner at Lead Edge Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Klein?: David Klein completed an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2020. He previously served as a product manager at General Assembly, where he led development of a product line, and held roles in consulting and at Techstars before transitioning into technology; he also interned at Strava on pricing and monetization strategy.
Where does David Klein work?: David Klein is Founder of Parade and Founder and Managing Director, WEX Venture Capital at WEX.
What companies did David Klein found?: David Klein founded Parade.
Where did David Klein go to school?: David Klein studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator; Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Economics).