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Dave Samuel.

Founding General Partner at Freestyle Capital

About

San Francisco, California, United States

David Samuel is an experienced executive, serial entrepreneur, and Internet pioneer in software & media. Today, Dave is co-founder of Freestyle.vc, a seed stage venture capital firm, with over $550M under management & investments in over 150 companies. Prior to Freestyle, Dave co-founded Crackle.com in 2004 (acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment for $65 million in 2006) and founded Spinner.com in 1996 (acquired by AOL for $320 million in 1999). Dave graduated from MIT with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and enjoys wakeboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking and delivering Happiness.

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Experience

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Founding General PartnerFreestyle Capital
2008 to present
Co-Founder ChairmanToi Labs
2018 to present
Founder ChairmanBrondell Inc.
2003 to 2010
Founder PresidentCrackle (formerly Grouper)
2003 to 2008
Founder, CEOSpinner.com (Internet Radio Web1.0 Company)
1996 to 2000
Software EngineerOracle
1994 to 1996

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology6.1 (EE)
Waterville High School

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