David Mandel

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Mr. David Mandel serves as Managing Partner at Emerging Ventures. Mr. Mandel also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Platinum Group of Companies. He was the Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer at Top Finance Company. He serves as a Board Observer at EventHub. He serves as Vice Chairman at Pasadena Angels. He is an Angel Investor. Previously he served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Alliance United Insurance. Prior to his current career in venture capital, he built, operated, and exited 4 different successful businesses in the Insurance and Finance industries over a 28-year period. Much of the success of these businesses is attributed to his logical systems thinking, aided by his technical training and advanced Mathematics and Computer Science education, which he used to create and evolve unique perspectives, and models for underwriting, pricing, risk selection, etc., while always taking a fresh outsider's approach to each venture. While he has been a lifelong investor, starting in 2014 he took a strong interest in the technology start-up ecosystem and is now applying his thinking to this endeavor. He is a very active angel investor. To date, he has invested in over 500 early-stage technology start-ups. He is an active member of several prominent angel groups, a frequent judge and panelist at start-up pitch events, and is considered a thought leader.