David Waxman

David Waxman

David Waxman is the Managing Partner at TenOneTen Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. He has nearly two decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur, having co-founded several successful startups:

• Firefly Network Inc. (1995-1998): An early pioneer in personalization and privacy technology, acquired by Microsoft in 1998245
• PeoplePC Inc. (1999-2002): A company that simplified the process of joining the online world, serving over 600,000 individual subscribers and Fortune 100 corporations. PeoplePC went public in 2001 and was acquired by Earthlink in 2002245
• Spot Runner, Inc. (2005-2010): A technology company that aimed to revolutionize the way advertising was created, planned, bought and sold123

After graduating with a master's degree from MIT's Media Lab in 1995, Waxman began his career as a researcher and instructor at IRCAM, an institute for music and acoustic research in Paris.2

As Managing Partner at TenOneTen Ventures, Waxman invests in startups that apply data and technology to disrupt existing industries. The firm focuses on sectors such as HealthTech, IoT, AI, and the Future of Work.5 Waxman's LinkedIn username is dwaxman.2