David Weiden
Founding Partner and Managing Director, Khosla Ventures
David Weiden is a founding partner and managing director at Khosla Ventures, which he helped start in 2006. He invests in internet software and services, and his investments include Okta, RingCentral and Upstart. Before venture capital he ran marketing and business development at Tellme Networks, which Microsoft bought, and held product roles at AOL and Netscape.
- Venture capital
Khosla Ventures
- Internet software
- SaaS
- Fintech
- Now
- Founding Partner and Managing Director, Khosla Ventures1
- Focus
- Internet software and services1
- Based
- Palo Alto, California, United States2
- Education
- BA, Harvard University2
In their words
David's venture capital investments focus on Internet software and services. A number of his investments have led to significant exits, including Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA), RingCentral (NYSE: RNG) and Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST). David has also been recognized by Fortune and annually for ten years by Forbes as one of the top technology investors.
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Experience
- Founding Partner and Managing DirectorJan 2006 – now
Invests in internet software and services. Investments that have reached exits include Okta, RingCentral and Upstart.1
- Board memberUntil Apr 2015
Resigned from the board in April 2015. CEO Vlad Shmunis said he had advised the company from its earliest phases.6
- SVP, Marketing and Business DevelopmentSep 2000 – May 2005
Tellme passed $100 million in revenue using a quantitative decision framework called "Rifle", and Microsoft later bought it for more than $700 million.2
- VP, Community and Communications1999 – 2000
Led AOL's communications, community and instant messaging product divisions as they passed 50 million users worldwide.2
- VP1996 – 1999
Worked in product management.2
- Analyst21994 – 1996
Education
Recognition
Milestones
- Graduates from Harvard and joins Morgan Stanley as an analyst2
- Joins Netscape Communications as a VP2
- Joins AOL as VP, Community and Communications2
- Joins Tellme Networks to run marketing and business development2
- Starts at Khosla Ventures as a founding partner2
- Microsoft announces it will acquire Tellme Networks7
- Khosla Ventures and Sequoia back RingCentral's $12 million Series A5
- Khosla Ventures joins Okta's $16.5 million Series B as a new investor4
- RingCentral and YuMe, both companies he backed, go public3
- Steps down from RingCentral's board6
- Okta goes public3