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Dave Fontenot

Founder of HF0 Residency

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Dave Fontenot, a dropout from the University of Michigan, is renowned for founding the largest hackathon in the world, MHacks. He currently serves as the Founder of HackMatch and Backend Capital, where he leverages his skills in leadership, entrepreneurship, and technical recruiting to invest in and support startups in sectors like AI, SaaS, and Web3/Blockchain in San Francisco, California. His career highlights include creating a significant impact on the hackathon and startup ecosystem and leading successful investments in early-stage companies.

Work Experience 

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HF0 Residency

  • Founder

    2023 - Current

    HF0 is the program for repeat founders: HF0.com We take care of everything in your life so you can just focus on one thing: building your startup.

Backend Capital

  • General Partner

    2019 - 2022

    One of the earliest checks in three unicorns: Ramp, Fabric, Pave.

Monastery

  • Mindfulness Journey

    2016 - 2018

    Lived in monasteries in Thailand, China, and California.

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HackMatch

  • Founder

    2014 - 2016

    Introduced early engineers to Robinhood, Calm, and more.

HackMatch is a platform that helps hackers to find the right startup to join.

hackmatch.com
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MHacks

  • Founder

    2013 - 2013

    In 2013, I started MHacks, the largest hackathon in the world. Since then, > 10,000 hackers from across the globe have attended. In 2017, Apple acquired Workflow, an app that started at MHacks. Speakers such as Sam Altman (OpenAI/YC), Alexis Ohanian (Reddit), Brendan Iribe (Oculus), and Jeff Lawson (Twilio) have keynoted over the years. After starting MHacks, I traveled for years helping scale hackathons at 40+ major engineering universities. Then I started the online community Hackathon Hackers which is now home to over 50,000 engineers and designers: https://facebook.com/groups/hackathonhackers/ More recently, started Miami Hack Week and AI Hack Week.

MHacks is a semiannual student-run hackathon held by the University of Michigan.

mhacks.org

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