David Park is a successful serial entrepreneur, investor, board member, and advisor that currently serves as (Regional) Managing Partner at Kairos Ventures and an advisory board member to several tech startups that have been acquired. Some of the investment portfolios include unicorns Bumble (NYSE: BMBL), Honey (acquired by PayPal), TaskRabbit (acquired by IKEA), FastDetect (funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Kairos Ventures), Squad (acquired by Twitter; NYSE: TWTR), PostScript, FabFitFun, TapCart, Chromatik (acquired by TakeLessons), Wonder (acquired by Atari), The Sill, MixComm (acquired by Sivers Semiconductors; STO: SIVE), BeautyCon, Rebelmail (acquired by Salesforce), Trunk Club (acquired by Nordstrom), Wall.by Financials (acquired by NYSE: RATE), Modus (acquired by Compass), Bridg (acquired by Cardlytics; Nasdaq: CDLX), ReturnMates, Provivi, Foldax, and Compellon (acquired by ClearSense) to name a few.
David is a former advisory member to early-stage startups from UCLA & USC Ventures. He is a proud UCLA alumni, an active supporter of K12 education initiatives, a philanthropist focused on technology and conservation, founder of The Innovation Foundation, a member of Forbes Leadership Council, and an honorary member of Variety Magazine’s Top 100 Young Entrepreneurs of Silicon Beach.
Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence I Biotechnology I Nanotechnology I Deep Tech I AR/VR/XR I Sustainability I Healthcare I Life/Physical Sci I Advanced Materials I Software I National Security/DoD Technology I P2P Economy I Medicinal Cannabis & Psychedelics I Bio-Pharma I Education/Ed-Tech I Intellectual Property/Patents I Therapeutics