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Owen Davis

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General Partner at Contour Venture Partners · Board director at TireTutor · Board director at Wallaroo

New York, New York, United States

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Owen: together at Wallaroo

About

General Partner at Contour Venture Partners who from 2008 to 2016 was Managing Director of NYC Seed and founded the NYC Seedstart accelerator. An early web entrepreneur and patent author, he is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Board director at TireTutor

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TireTutor's investors · 4

Bantam GroupWestwoodBonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $4M checks · since 2026Contour Venture PartnersNew York · $500K – $2M checksWalnut Venture AssociatesWellesley

Co-founders at TireTutor

JA
Jason AbrahamsExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Wallaroo

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In turn, Owen can intro founders to Wallaroo's investors below.

Wallaroo's investors · 11

boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks · since 2022Contour Venture PartnersNew York · $500K – $2M checks · since 2024Eniac VenturesNew York · $1.2M checks · since 2022Four Acres CapitalNew York · $50K – $100K checksGreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022MyAsiaVCSeattleResolute VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checksSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2024Supernode VenturesNew York · $500K – $1.3M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2019

Co-founders at Wallaroo

VJ
Vidyut JainExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Contour Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2018 — presentGreater New York City Area
  2. NYC SeedManaging Directorcurrent2008 — present
  3. Columbia Business School/Columbia Law SchoolAdjunct Professorcurrent2013 — presentNew York, NY.
  4. PC, LLCPrivate Equity and Technology Consultant2005 — 2008
  5. Petal ComputingCEO2001 — 2005
  6. SonataCEO1999 — 2001
  7. Thinking MediaCEO1995 — 1999

Skills & more

Strategy23Strategic Planning2Management3Start-ups63Forecasting2Venture Capital42Mergers4Business Development13Investments6Business Strategy21Product Management9E-commerce8
+12 moreNew Business DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsCompetitive AnalysisDue DiligenceExecutive ManagementFinanceBusiness PlanningMobile DevicesPrivate EquityMarketingSaaS

Languages English · Spanish

From Owen's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Wallaroo

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Contour Venture Partners

Bob Greene
Managing Partner at Contour Venture Partners
Maddie Linde
Venture Associate at Contour Venture Partners
Matt Gorin
Managing Partner at Contour Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Owen Davis?
General Partner at Contour Venture Partners who from 2008 to 2016 was Managing Director of NYC Seed and founded the NYC Seedstart accelerator. An early web entrepreneur and patent author, he is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School.
Where does Owen Davis work?
Owen Davis is General Partner at Contour Venture Partners and Board director at TireTutor and Board director at Wallaroo.
What boards does Owen Davis sit on?
Owen Davis holds tracked board seats at Wallaroo.
Where did Owen Davis go to school?
Owen Davis studied at Brown University (BA, Political Science); Columbia Business School (MBA, Finance).

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