David Gilboa Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 46

  • Portfolio
  • 25

  • Exits
  • 19

Exits

David Gilboa General Information

Description

Mr. David Gilboa is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Warby Parker. Mr. Gilboa serves as Advisor at Wispr Flow. He was a Co-Founder and served as a Co-Chief Executive Officer since 2010, as a member of our board of directors since May 2009, and as the Co-Chair of our board of directors since June 2021. He serves as an Advisor at Parade Ventures. Before co-founding Warby Parker, he worked at Bain & Company, a strategy consulting firm, from September 2003 to October 2006, and at Allen & Company, a merchant bank, from October 2006 to May 2008. He currently serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization Warby Parker Impact Foundation. He has also served as a General Partner of Good Friends, a venture capital firm, since September 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • New York, NY
  • United States

David Gilboa Investments (46)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
DubClub 01-Sep-2024 Early Stage VC Entertainment Software Generating Revenue
Ten Thousand 01-Oct-2022 Clothing Profitable
Blank Street 03-Jan-2022 Restaurants and Bars Generating Revenue
Arch (New York) 08-Dec-2021 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Wispr Flow 30-Nov-2021 Business/Productivity Software Product In Beta Test
Alchemy (Software Development Applications) 28-Apr-2021 Software Development Applications Generating Revenue
Knot (Financial Software) 10-Dec-2020 Financial Software Generating Revenue
Hellosaurus 23-Nov-2020 Educational Software Generating Revenue
Builder.io 01-Oct-2020 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Grayce 09-Jun-2020 Seed Round Elder and Disabled Care Generating Revenue

David Gilboa Exits (19)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Ezra (Diagnostic Equipment) 05-May-2025 Merger/Acquisition
Airhouse 08-Apr-2025
Hellosaurus 06-Dec-2022
Kindred (Education and Training Services (B2B)) 02-Aug-2022
YourMechanic 22-Jun-2022
RightRice 14-Jan-2022
Truebill 23-Dec-2021
Allbirds 03-Nov-2021
Oscar Health 03-Mar-2021 IPO
Harvest (Other Financial Services) 01-Feb-2021 Merger/Acquisition

David Gilboa Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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David Gilboa Co-Investors (82)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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David Gilboa FAQs

  • Who is David Gilboa?

    David Gilboa is an angel Investor who has made 46 investments.

  • What kind of investor is David Gilboa?

    David Gilboa is an angel investor.

  • What does David Gilboa do?

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

  • What has David Gilboa invested in?

    David Gilboa has made numerous investments in companies like DubClub, Ten Thousand, and Blank Street within the Entertainment Software, Clothing, and Restaurants and Bars industries.

  • What has David Gilboa invested in recently?

    David Gilboa's latest investment was on 01-Sep-2024 in DubClub, a company within the Entertainment Software industry.

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