David S. Rose

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USREM, Gust, Thinkable, Bookitngo, New York Angels, Singularity U @ USREM
David S. Rose's Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
About David S. Rose

David S. Rose has been described as "New York's Archangel" by Forbes, "patriarch of Silicon Alley" by Red Herring, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek.He is a serial entrepreneur, active angel investor, Inc 500 CEO, Founder & CEO of the US Real Estate Market, Founder & Executive Chairman of Gust, and non-executive Chairman of Thinkable AI and Bookitngo. He is the NYT best selling author of "Angel Investing" and "The Startup Checklist" and is Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels.He was the original investor in, and Chairman of, JUMP Bikes (exited to Uber), Comixology (exited to Amazon) and Panjiva (exited to S&P Global) and has funded over 120 early stage companies with exits to Facebook, Google, Intel, Oracle, Kodak, CBS, and other industry leaders.He is an Associate Founder of, and Founding Track Chair for Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics, at Singularity University, and is a keynote speaker on the future of business and technology. Dubbed by BusinessWeek "The Pitch Coach," he is a guest lecturer at business schools including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and NYU. He founded wireless Internet pioneer AirMedia in 1988, and in 1997 was honored as a finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award.Earlier in his career David was co-founder of the Computer Classroom, one of the world’s first computer training firms, and spent a decade developing technology-enhanced real estate at Rose Associates, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Director of the New York office of US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.A native New Yorker, David has a B.A. from Yale (where he is an Associate Fellow of Pierson College), an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School (where is is member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Capitalism and Society) and a D.Eng. (hc) from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the New York City public school system and Horace Mann High School.Specialties: Entrepreneurial executive and investor with extensive experience in high technology, angel and venture investments, finance and government.

David S. Rose's Current Company Details
USREM

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USREM, Gust, Thinkable, Bookitngo, New York Angels, Singularity U
David S. Rose Work Experience Details
  • Usrem
    Founder & Ceo
    Usrem Jan 2019 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Financial Technology startup developing a capital markets platform for flexible institutional investment in commercial real estate.
  • Gust
    Founder & Executive Chairman
    Gust Dec 2019 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Gust is the global SaaS platform for founding, operating, and investing in scalable, high-growth companies. Gust's online tools help entrepreneurs start, run, and fundraise for companies and provide deal flow and relationship management for investors. As the world's largest community of entrepreneurs and early-stage investors from 192 countries, Gust pioneered the equity funding collaboration industry and is the official platform of the world's leading angel investor federations and venture accelerators. More than 850,000 startups have already used Gust to connect with over 85,000 investment professionals.Gust powers Gust Launch, the first Company as a Service™ (CaaS™) platform for startup founders that facilitates all of the legal, financial, and back-office operations necessary to incorporate as a Delaware C Corp and operate a new, high-growth venture.Gust is headquartered in New York, New York.
  • Gust
    Founder & Ceo
    Gust Jan 2004 - Dec 2019
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Rose Tech Ventures
    Managing Partner
    Rose Tech Ventures Dec 1999 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Seed and early stage capital, mentoring, management and support for high growth entrepreneurial businesses. We incubate companies of our own, and invest in other entrepreneurs with exciting business plans. Our general (although not exclusive) areas of interest include Internet platforms, ASP services, wireless, out-of-home advertising, security, and B2B market-making networks. We have funded over 110 companies with exits to Facebook, Amazon, Google, Intel, Oracle and other industry leaders.
  • Thinkable
    Chairman
    Thinkable Jan 2024 - Present
    Middletown, Us
    Thinkable’s Mission is to accelerate innovation using AI by enabling everyone from freelance developers to enterprise development teams to rapidly solve complex problems and build sophisticated digital products. Thinkable AI is Shopify for AI - an easy to use, no-code, AI development toolkit that harnesses the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) to automatically plan and autonomously execute complex tasks.
  • Bookit N Go
    Chairman
    Bookit N Go Feb 2024 - Present
    Irvine, Ca, Us
    Bookitngo is a hospitality industry technology platform building the blockchain foundation of the travel industry, by the travel industry, for the travel industry.
  • New York Angels
    Founder & Chairman Emeritus
    New York Angels Jan 2004 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels (NYA). As the leading angel capital investment consortium in the New York area, NYA provides seed and early-stage capital in the range of $100K-$1M. Since 2004, New York Angels members have invested over $50 million in more than 80 ventures, with exits to companies including Google, Living Social, Kodak and CBS.New York Angels members are founders, CEO's, venture capitalists and business leaders who have funded and built world-class companies. They mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom they invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising.
  • Singularity University
    Associate Founder & Founding Track Chair, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics
    Singularity University 2009 - Present
    Mountain View , California , Us
    I founded, ran and taught the Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics track at this post-graduate program at NASA Ames Research Park, sponsored by Google, NASA and others to train the next generation of global leaders in dealing with exponentially advancing technologies. As an Associate Founder, I remained involved as a special lecturer and advisor.
  • Koolspan
    Board Member
    Koolspan 2004 - Present
    Germantown, Maryland, Us
  • 92Nd Street Y
    Board Member
    92Nd Street Y 1986 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Moven
    Board Member
    Moven May 2017 - May 2023
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us
  • True Global Ventures
    Founding General Partner
    True Global Ventures Nov 2009 - Nov 2022
    Singapore, Singapore, Sg
    True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV) has invested in 3 unicorns, namely Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, Forge. TGV GPs are investing their own money between 20%-40% of the Total Fund AUM. The fund is investing in equity across 3 verticals in Web3: Entertainment, Financial Services, Infrastructure & Data Analytics/AI. TGV is licensed under Monetary Authorities of Singapore.Animoca Brands: Unicorn global market leader leveraging gamification & blockchain to develop and publish a portfolio of gamesThe Sandbox: Global market leader in gaming metaverse empowering artists, creators, players to play, build, own, monetise virtual experiences on blockchainForge Global (NYSE: FRGE): Global market leader in secondary private market shares transactions, with over 12 B USD transaction volume, in > 500 companiesChromaway: Creator of relational blockchain protocol Chromia ($CHR), powering Metaverse game My Neighbor Alice ($ALICE), incubator behind Mines of Dalarnia ($DAR)Coinhouse: Leading French regulated digital assets platform for individuals, companies & institutionsChronicled: Industry-led, blockchain-powered network in life sciences &pharmaceuticals, providing administration & building solutions on MediLedger Network to facilitate trust & enable automationGCEX: Regulated digital brokerage & end-to-end trading platform bringing Tier 1 liquidity for Institutional clients bridging gap between traditional finance & digital assetsSATO Technologies Corp (TSXV: SATO): Bitcoin mining company based in Quebec utilising 100% renewable energyEnjinstarter: Leading Launchpad for GameFi & Metaverse Blockchain EcosystemsIomob: Decentralized protocol for creation of Internet of Mobility, world’s first interoperable Mobility Marketplace NetworkDedoco: Next-generation digital Document Management as-a-Service built on blockchain technology, providing increased data privacy & document security
  • Jump Bikes
    Chairman Of The Board
    Jump Bikes Jul 2012 - Mar 2018
    Brooklyn, New York, Us
    Jump Bikes uses mobile technology to enable affordable, scalable, and intelligent bikesharing networks.
  • Magnify.Net
    Chairman Of The Board
    Magnify.Net 2007 - Dec 2017
  • Egret Capital Partners
    Chairman
    Egret Capital Partners 2007 - 2017
    Egret Capital Partners is a New York-based, lower-middle-market, private equity investment fund that leverages its partners' capital, operational expertise and business acumen to benefit carefully selected small capitalization companies through a comprehensive, structured, value-added approach.
  • Miner
    Chairman Of The Board
    Miner Feb 2012 - Dec 2016
    Miner is a location-based mobile commerce platform that activates virtual storefronts in real-time when people arrive at businesses, venues & events.
  • Tekserve
    Board Member
    Tekserve 2011 - 2015
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Por Ti, Familia
    Chairman Of The Board
    Por Ti, Familia 2010 - 2015
    A social venture serving the un-insured working population of Lima, Peru with advanced health care services.
  • Pond5
    Chairman Of The Board
    Pond5 2007 - Jun 2014
  • Comixology
    Chairman Of The Board
    Comixology 2008 - Apr 2014
    New York, Ny, Us
    Founded in 2007, comiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. Comixology was acquired by Amazon.com in 2014.
  • People For The American Way
    Board Member Emeritus
    People For The American Way Sep 1984 - Jun 2012
    Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
    People For the American Way is a nationwide advocacy organization that mobilizes its members and activists to fight for public policies that reflect the values of freedom, fairness, and equal opportunity; to champion constitutional protections and civil rights; to hold public officials accountable to those standards; and to promote strong democratic institutions, including a federal judiciary that upholds individual rights. The affiliated People For the American Way Foundation conducts research, legal, and education work on behalf of First Amendment freedoms and democratic values; monitors, exposes, and challenges the Religious Right movement and its political allies; identifies, trains, and supports the next generation of progressive leaders through its Young People For youth leadership programs and its Young Elected Officials Network; and carries out nonpartisan voter education, registration, civic participation, and election protection activities.
  • Second Chance
    Series Host
    Second Chance 2010 - Jan 2011
    Series Host of Second Chance, a reality web series sponsored by Sprint for MSN's BusinessOnMain site. Over the course of this six episode series, four entrepreneurs from across the country who have previously failed in business, compete in a series of educational challenges to learn valuable lessons in entrepreneurship, and win $200,000 in prizes...and a second chance at starting a new business.
  • Center For Book Arts
    Vice Chairman
    Center For Book Arts Sep 1979 - Jun 2010
    The Center for Book Arts, in New York City, was the first organization devoted to presenting exhibitions of contemporary book art in the context of a school and artists workshop. This model has since been successfully copied by many others around the USA and abroad. The Center now offers over 100 courses and workshops, provides artist residencies, and has mounted over 150 exhibitions during the last 34 years. http://centerforbookarts.orgA board member at several different stages in the organization's history, currently Vice Chairman of the Center, and a member of board committees including Publications, Nominating, and Print Shop oversight.
  • Panjiva
    Board Member
    Panjiva 2007 - 2009
  • Airmedia
    Ceo
    Airmedia Oct 1988 - Oct 2001
    Us
  • Rose Associates, Inc.
    Vice President
    Rose Associates, Inc. Sep 1981 - Sep 2001
    New York, Us
  • Ex Machina
    Ceo
    Ex Machina 1988 - 1996
    Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl
  • Office Of Us Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
    Regional Director
    Office Of Us Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan Sep 1979 - Sep 1981

David S. Rose Education Details

  • Yale University
    Yale University
    Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Columbia Business School
    Columbia Business School
    Real Estate
  • Stevens Institute Of Technology
    Stevens Institute Of Technology
    D. Eng. (Hc)
  • Horace Mann School
    Horace Mann School
    Urban Studies/Affairs

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David S. Rose's current role is USREM, Gust, Thinkable, Bookitngo, New York Angels, Singularity U.

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David S. Rose attended Yale University, Columbia Business School, Stevens Institute Of Technology, Horace Mann School.

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