David Cowan Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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13
- Portfolio
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4
- Exits
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8

David Cowan General Information
Description
Mr. David Cowan serves as a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He serves as Board Member and Board Observer Contractbook. and Advisor at Iris Automation. He serves as Board Member at Team8, CyberGRX, Reputation.com, Smule, DroneDeploy, and Bastille Networks. His historical portfolio includes Ciena, Hotjobs, Blue Nile, LinkedIn, LifeLock, PSI-Net, Qualys, and over a dozen other IPOs, as well as many large acquisitions such as Twitch, Postini, Cyota, Tripwire, Netli, Playdom, Dropcam, and Skybox Imaging. He served as Board Member at Distil Networks. He serves as an Advisor at Propy. His current portfolio - spanning startups founded in the U.S., Argentina, Singapore, Israel, New Zealand, and Scotland - includes Getinsured, Smule, Twilio, Rocket Lab, iSight Partners, Spire Global, Auth0, and Zapier. He served as Board Member at Zoosk. During his tenure at BVP. He co-founded three cybersecurity companies incubated in our offices: VeriSign (IPO), where he served as initial Chairman and CFO; Good Technology (fka Visto, acquired by Blackberry) where he served as CEO, and Defense.net (acquired by F5). Forbes ranked him #6 on the Midas List and tied for 4th in the Midas List of Hall of Fame. He is a Trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. You can read his blog at WhoHasTimeForThis?, follow him on Twitter (@davidcowan) or see him perform with his men's a capella singing group Voices in Harmony. He also serves as a Board Member at Claroty. He was an Advisor at Reef Capital Ventures. Mr. Cowan earned an A.B. in math and computer science and an MBA degree, both from Harvard University He served as a Board Member at Endgame.
Contact Information
- Menlo Park, CA
- United States
David Cowan Investments (13)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Crosschq | 02-Aug-2019 | Seed Round | 00.00 | Human Capital Services | Generating Revenue | 00000 00000 |
00000 | 01-Jan-2019 | 00000 00000 | Diagnostic Equipment | Generating Revenue | 00000 00000 | |
0.00 | 23-Apr-2015 | 0000 00000 | Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) | Out of Business | 00000 00000 | |
00000000 00000000 | 21-Jan-2015 | 00000 (00000 | 00.00 | IT Consulting and Outsourcing | Generating Revenue | 00000 00000 |
0000000 | 18-Mar-2014 | 00000 00000 | 00.000 | Software Development Applications | Out of Business | 00000 00000 |
0000000 00000 | 18-Oct-2011 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Other Financial Services | Startup | 00000 00000 |
0000000 | 21-Sep-2011 | 00000 00000 | 00.00 | Electronics (B2C) | Generating Revenue | 00000 00000 |
00000 | 14-Jul-2011 | 00000 00000 | 00.00 | Software Development Applications | Out of Business | 00000 00000 |
Mowingo | 01-Jun-2011 | Seed Round | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Out of Business | 00000 00000 |
Votizen | 23-Sep-2010 | Seed Round | 00.00 | Social/Platform Software | Product Development | 00000 00000 |
David Cowan Exits (8)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Keep Holdings | 01-Oct-2018 | Out of Business | |
00000 | 01-Jan-2018 | 0000000000: 000000 | |
0000000 | 22-Dec-2017 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 | 01-Nov-2016 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0.00 | 01-Jun-2016 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 00000 | 10-Aug-2015 | 000000000000000000 | 0000 |
Dropcam | 20-Jun-2014 | Merger/Acquisition | 00000 |
Votizen | 10-Jan-2013 | Merger/Acquisition |
David Cowan Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
David Cowan Team (1)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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David Cowan | Angel Investor | 000 | 00 | 00 | Menlo Park, CA |
David Cowan Co-Investors (19)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 | 0 |
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Dadneo | 0 | 0 |
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GGV Capital | 0 | 0 |
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Kevin Hartz | 0 | 0 |
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Venturance Alternative Assets | 0 | 0 |
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