DA

Dave Anderson

General Partner at Beat Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview

Work Experience

BV

Beat Ventures

  • Founding General Partner

    2021 - Current

    Investing in AI for overlooked legacy industries. Early investor in Stack AI, Treehouse, Operant AI, Volur, Bitpart AI, Bolo AI, Theo AI, Middleware, Oxen, Hireguide, Fishtail, Clockwork, Safe, Mentorcam, Dropverse, Athenic AI, and Truewind.

TA

Toyota AI Ventures

  • Investor

    2019 - 2021

    Focus areas: AI, deep-tech, robotics, and mobility Invested in and supported Ziva Dynamics (board obv; acq. by Unity), Bipi (board obv. acq. By Renault Group), Drishti, Common Sense Machines, Carbice, Nauto, Metawave, Realtime Robotics, May Mobility, and Skip.

  • MBA Associate

    2018 - 2019

HB

Harvard Business School

  • Venture Fellow

    2019 - 2019

NC

NextEnergy Center

  • Director of Venture Services

    2016 - 2017

    Helped startups access non-dilutive grant funding and venture capital

BD

Bamboo Detroit

  • Co-founder

    2013 - 2016

    The WeWork of tier II cities. Helped startups grow fast and strong—just like bamboo.

RB

Robert Bosch Battery Systems LLC

  • Head of Sales, Controlling & Planning (SCP) for North America

    2013 - 2014

  • Engineering PM

    2011 - 2013

  • Systems Engineer

    2011 - 2011

GD

General Dynamics Land Systems

  • Systems Engineer

    2009 - 2011

  • System Engineering Co-op

    2007 - 2009

Education

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