About
David Yang is a Partner at Socium Ventures, where he leads the firm's technology investments and works with founders building foundational businesses. Over the past 15 years he has invested in high-growth technology companies across stages, from venture and growth to pre-IPO and public. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and both a BS in economics and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and previously worked at Warburg Pincus, TA Associates, and Goldman Sachs.
Invests in
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Experience
- Socium VenturesPartnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, NY
- Activant CapitalPartner2021 — 2024New York, NY
- Access Technology VenturesPrincipal2016 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- Warburg Pincus LLCVice President2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- TA AssociatesAssociate2007 — 2010Greater Boston Area
- Goldman SachsAnalyst2005 — 2007Greater New York City Area
Education
- The Wharton SchoolBSE, BA
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA
Skills & more
Corporate FinanceInvestmentsInvestment StrategiesFinancePrivate Equity38Growth Investing2Deal Sourcing12Deal Execution13Financial Modeling41Financial Analysis13Investment Banking11Valuation25
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LBOVenture CapitalDue DiligenceRestructuringMergers & AcquisitionsStrategyStrategic PlanningLeadershipLanguages Chinese
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Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,366
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Shared employers
Also worked at Activant Capital20
Libby HauserSVP Strategy & Ops at Asymmetric Capital PartnersSteve SarracinoFounder, Partner at Activant CapitalAndrew SteelePartner at Activant CapitalMaximilian MayerPartner at Activant CapitalJohn MathesonInvestor at Activant CapitalClaudia RoweManaging Director at Balderton Capital
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Also worked at Warburg Pincus LLC64
Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesLawrence BettinoManaging Director at Dot CapitalAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMiloni Madan PreslerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eugene "Gene" PodsiadloSenior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner at AI Capital
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Also worked at TA Associates38
Cathy GaoPartner at Sapphire VenturesJon KossowManaging Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersMaelle BombezinPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersTim McAdamGeneral Partner, Senior Advisor at TCVFrancesca GnuvaInvestor at AudaciousSri RaoInvestor at Silversmith Capital Partners
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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,237
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures
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