About Me

David joined August Capital in 2000. Prior to joining August Capital, David was an intellectual property and corporate attorney at Venture Law Group, Cravath Swaine & Moore, and Perkins Coie LLP.

In his legal practice, David represented high tech startups in all aspects of their formation, financing and operations. His clients touched a broad array of technologies, from electronic payments to web services to security solutions. Among David's clients were Yahoo!, When.com (AOL), Evite (Ticketmaster), Topica, Sonique (Terra Lycos), Pure Payments (Excite@Home), BuyDirect (Beyond.com), and Ofoto (Kodak).

David has an eclectic technology background. At Stanford, he studied and taught the impact of technology on music, earning a degree in Computer Music. At Cambridge, England, he explored the power of technology in tracking and combating bias crime, receiving an M.Phil. in Criminology. In law school, David focused upon the convergence of technology and the law, serving as an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and publishing papers on digital audio and software piracy. David earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.