David Mandel

David Mandel is a Managing Partner at Emerging Ventures Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.

David specializes in early-stage emerging technology investments, focusing on US and Canadian technology startups.

His investment thesis at Emerging Ventures Capital targets capital-efficient, B2B technology companies, with a dual approach: approximately 80% in companies leveraging existing technologies to improve processes, and 20% dedicated to startups inventing next-generation deep technologies.

David's areas of interest include Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Healthcare & Biotech, Digital Health & HealthTech, SaaS & Enterprise, Consumer & Retail, and Climate & Energy, typically investing at the Pre-Seed, Seed, and Early Stage Venture stages.

Prior to his venture capital career, David built, operated, and successfully exited four businesses in the insurance and finance industries over 28 years.

David is also recognized as an active angel investor, having personally invested in over 500 early-stage technology startups since 2014, applying his background in logical systems thinking and advanced Mathematics and Computer Science to evaluating new ventures.

Currently, David is focused on identifying and supporting visionary companies with strong potential for significant institutional venture capital rounds.

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