About
David Petersen is a co-founder of Flexport, ImportGenius, Assisted, and BuildZoom, and currently serves as Co-Founder and Chairman at Assisted. As an angel investor, he has backed companies including Rippling, Anduril, Deel, Ramp, Oura Ring, and Polymarket across seed and later-stage rounds. He also writes a blog at vindicta.com.
Founder/CEO at BuildZoomYC W13
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Winter 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, David can intro founders to BuildZoom's investors below.
Experience
- AssistedCo-Founder, Chairmancurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Local MoversCo-Founder, CEO2023 — 2026New York, New York, United States
- FlexportCo-Founder2012 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- BuildZoomCo-Founder, CEO2013 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- ImportGenius.comCo-Founder2008 — 2013Scottsdale, AZ
Skills & more
Memory CareLongevitySenior Living Communities
From David's professional profile.
Network10
Balaji SrinivasanScout
Angel investor and founder of The Network School
Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Amjad MasadScout
Co-founder & CEO of Replit
Eoghan McCabe
Co-founder & CEO of Fin (formerly Intercom)
Adam Messinger
Partner at Four Rivers Group
George Burke
Co-founder and Biz Dev at Portal
Joey Levy
Investor at 305 Ventures
Mark Batsiyan
General Partner at Inspired Capital
Michael Flaxman
Venture Partner at Trust Ventures
Sandy Kory
General Partner at Horizon
Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Petersen?
- David Petersen is a co-founder of Flexport, ImportGenius, Assisted, and BuildZoom, and currently serves as Co-Founder and Chairman at Assisted. As an angel investor, he has backed companies including Rippling, Anduril, Deel, Ramp, Oura Ring, and Polymarket across seed and later-stage rounds. He also writes a blog at vindicta.com.
- Where does David Petersen work?
- David Petersen is Founder/CEO of BuildZoom.
- What companies did David Petersen found?
- David Petersen founded BuildZoom.
- Where did David Petersen go to school?
- David Petersen studied at University of Maryland (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator.
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