David Lam

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Mr. David Lam serves as General Partner at Atlantic Bridge Capital. He led the firm's investments and represents Atlantic Bridge on the boards of Caption Health, Syntiant and AtScale. He is actively involved in Navitas Semiconductor, WellAir, Swrve and FieldAware, and previously served on the Board of Movidius (acquired by Intel). David also co-founded Summit Bridge Capital, which operates the China Ireland Growth Technology Fund. Prior to Atlantic Bridge, David was Managing Director of WestSummit Capital where he served as its representative on the boards of Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Mirantis and Maginatics (acquired by EMC) among others. David was previously Managing Director for WI Harper, a pioneering US-China cross-border venture capital firm where he led the firm's US office and his projects included the formation of Innovation Works China (now known as Sinovation Ventures). Prior to that, David was Vice President at The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm after serving as head of business development for a Carlyle portfolio company. He also held various operating roles at CIENA Corporation, ONI Systems, Cisco Systems and Proxim. David began his career as an investment banker at Robertson Stephens & Company. David is a board member, past president and past chairman of the Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA), which is the oldest and largest pan-Asian, cross-border technology executive network in Silicon Valley. He also serves on the board of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM). David holds a BS and an MA from Stanford University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management where he was the recipient of the Merit Scholarship and Patrick McGovern Award.