David Sacks Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 80

  • Portfolio
  • 23

  • Exits
  • 51

Exits

David Sacks General Information

Description

Mr. David Sacks is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Craft Ventures. Mr. Sacks serves as Board Member at Knock (Business/Productivity Software). Previously, he served as Chairman at Harbor Platform. He serves as an Investor at Trust Fund. He founded Sacks Ventures. He served as a Board Member at Datasembly and Cabana. He served as a Board Member at Cabana. He serves as a Board Member at BitGo and Knock. He serves as an Advisor at Trynow. He co-founded Riverside Ventures. He serves as a Board Member at Vendr, MyHeritage, Clickup, Trellis, Sourcegraph, OpenPhone Technologies, Inc., Scratchpad, and Bird Rides. He serves as a Board Observer at SentiLink. He served as an Advisor at Radius Intelligence. He serves as an Advisor at 0xa and Kloudless. He has been a successful tech entrepreneur and investor for two decades. He founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Yammer, which was acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion in 2012. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Product Leader at PayPal during the famed "PayPal Mafia" founding era. He also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Zenefits in 2016. He produced the award-winning independent movie Thank You For Smoking. AngelList's Naval Ravikant has called him "the world's best product strategist." He served as a Board Member at Scribd. He serves as a Board Member at Roboflow. He was a Co-Founder and served as Chief Executive Officer at Callin. He served as a Board Member at Hyperloop One. He holds JD from the University of Chicago and BA in Economics from Stanford University. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Glue.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

David Sacks Investments (80)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Pair Team 19-Oct-2023 Early Stage VC Clinics/Outpatient Services Generating Revenue
Woflow 25-Jan-2022 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Giggl 04-Jun-2021 Social/Platform Software Out of Business
Trynow 22-Mar-2021 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Index (Business/Productivity Software) 20-Oct-2020 Database Software Generating Revenue
X1 Card 17-Sep-2020 Other Financial Services Generating Revenue
Scope (San Francisco) 04-Sep-2020 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Sandbox VR 22-Oct-2019 Movies, Music and Entertainment Generating Revenue
Pair Team 01-Sep-2019 Seed Round Clinics/Outpatient Services Generating Revenue
Bitwise 01-Aug-2019 Early Stage VC Asset Management Profitable

David Sacks Exits (51)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Giggl 05-Nov-2024 Out of Business
Hyperloop One 22-Dec-2023
Replicon 21-Aug-2023
Mode (Media and Information Services (B2B)) 19-Jul-2023
Clutter 29-Jun-2023
X1 Card 22-Jun-2023
Breezeworks 12-May-2023
Getaround 09-Dec-2022
ThriveCash 14-Jun-2022 Out of Business
Comparably 01-Apr-2022 Merger/Acquisition

David Sacks Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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David Sacks Co-Investors (49)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Craft Ventures 4 Series chart Industry bar
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David Sacks FAQs

  • Who is David Sacks?

    David Sacks is an angel Investor who has made 80 investments.

  • What kind of investor is David Sacks?

    David Sacks is an angel investor.

  • What does David Sacks do?

    As an angel investor, David Sacks invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does David Sacks hold?

    David Sacks holds a board seat in MyHeritage.

  • What has David Sacks invested in?

    David Sacks has made numerous investments in companies like Pair Team, Woflow, and Giggl within the Clinics/Outpatient Services, Business/Productivity Software, and Social/Platform Software industries.

  • What has David Sacks invested in recently?

    David Sacks's latest investment was on 19-Oct-2023 in Pair Team, a company within the Clinics/Outpatient Services industry.

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