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David Topper

Investor

Partner at General Atlantic

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

David Topper is a capital markets executive with experience across investment banking, private equity, and life sciences finance. He spent 28 years in investment banking, most recently at J.P. Morgan as Head of Equity Capital Markets, and subsequently held capital markets and partnership roles at General Atlantic and Frazier Healthcare Partners. He has served as CFO of clinical and commercial stage biopharmaceutical companies and currently serves on the board of Glassbox, a public company.

Experience

  1. Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQT)Chief Financial Officer2024 — 2025California
  2. TermgridInvestor and Board Director2021 — 2024
  3. Inmagene BioparmaceuticalsChief Financial Officer2023 — 2024United States
  4. CircleUpInvestor and Board Observer2012 — 2024San Francisco, CA
  5. Frazier Healthcare PartnersPartner, Capital Markets2020 — 2023Menlo Park, CA
  6. Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corp.CFO and Board Director2020 — 2022Seattle, WA
  7. Amherst Pierpont Securities LLCBoard Member2014 — 2022New York, NY
  8. Engility CorporationBoard Member2014 — 2020Virginia, United States
  9. General AtlanticPartner2012 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. J.P. MorganHead of Equity Capital Markets, Chairman Equity Commitments Committee, Vice Chairman Investment Bank2005 — 2011New York, NY
  11. Morgan StanleyManaging Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets, Head of Industrials and HY Corp Finance Groups1983 — 2005New York, NY

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMBA, Business1981 — 1983
  2. Duke UniversityBA, Economics and Political Science1975 — 1979

Skills & more

Due Diligence4Corporate Finance22Fixed Income4Restructuring2IPO3Equities13Capital Markets20M&A experience2Valuation4Financial Modeling4Management2Investment Banking31
+12 moreSecurities RegulationMergers & AcquisitionsHedge FundsHigh YieldVenture CapitalStart-upsEquity Capital MarketsPrivate EquityStrategyPortfolio ManagementSecuritiesAsset Management

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Colleagues at General Atlantic

Aaron Goldman
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Alex Crisses
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Andrew Crawford
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Andrew Ferrer
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Anish Batlaw
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Annie Paydar
Managing Director, Global Head of Human Capital at General Atlantic
Ben Sherman
Principal at General Atlantic
Brett Zbar
Managing Partner at General Atlantic

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Aaron GoldmanScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Alex CrissesScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Andrew CrawfordScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Andrew FerrerScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Anish BatlawScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Anton LevyScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Ben ShermanScout
Principal at General Atlantic
Brett ZbarScout
Managing Partner at General Atlantic
Cornelia GomezScout
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Dan CahanaScout
Principal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, focused on Cloud Infrastructure & AI
David HodgsonScout
Vice President at General Atlantic
Gary PesolaScout
Investor at Adverb Ventures
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Frequently asked questions

Where does David Topper work?
David Topper is Partner at General Atlantic.
What check size does David Topper write?
David Topper typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

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Also attended Duke University500

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Shared employers

Also worked at Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQT)3

Patrick HeronManaging Partner at Frazier Life SciencesJohn SmitherSenior Advisor at Frazier Life SciencesHarris WeberVice President at Bain Capital Life Sciences

Also worked at Frazier Healthcare Partners27

Steph ScottVice President at Questa CapitalChelsea WeiCFO at OSS CapitalWillis ChandlerExecutive Advisor at LRVHealthKevin LiPrincipal at Frazier Life SciencesMaria FardisVenture Partner at Frazier Life SciencesBrian FarmerEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Frazier Life Sciences

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Also worked at General Atlantic117

Adrianna MaInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesJimena NowackInvestor at Index VenturesJin-Young KimInvestment Team at 8VCDan CahanaPrincipal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, focused on Cloud Infrastructure & AILauren LeeInvestor at FJ Labs

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Also worked at J.P. Morgan796

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