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David Galbraith

Partner at aperture.co

Geneva, Geneva

Overview 

David Galbraith is a seasoned designer, tech entrepreneur, and investor based in Geneva, with notable roles at aperture.co and Anthemis Group SA. He has co-founded successful ventures like Wists.com and Yelp, where he served as Co-Founder and VP Product, showcasing expertise in entrepreneurship and product strategy. David's investments in companies like Kindur and Monax highlight his focus on consumer internet and FinTech sectors, demonstrating a strong track record in venture capital and startup support.

Work Experience 

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aperture.co

  • Partner

    2023 - 2024

    Temporary - help setting up aperture capital activities

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Anthemis Group SA

  • Partner

    2014 - 2023

    Anthemis Group is a specialist holding company providing vision, strategy, leadership and capital to growth-stage companies with innovative business models at the intersection of financial services, markets and technology (commonly described as Fintech):

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Ohalo

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2019

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Myriad Group AG

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2019

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CERN

  • Advisor, The Port (CERN Accelerator Program)

    2014 - 2018

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DWG

  • Founder

    2010 - 2014

    Digital advisory for a corporates and startups

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Wists.com

  • Founder, CEO

    2006 - 2009

    Based in New York, Wists pioneered the concept of visual bookmarks or 'pinning' which became the basis for Pinterest.

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Yelp

  • Co-Founder, Entrepreneur in Residence, MRL Ventures (Yelp.com)

    2003 - 2005

    I was co-founder (With Max Levchin, founder Paypal) and Entrepreneur in residence at MRL Ventures, San Francisco. MRL Ventures was San Francisco's most successful incubator, spinning out Yelp.com which went public at a $1 billion valuation and Slide which was acquired by Google. I was responsible for 'local' markets and led the project which became Yelp.

Yelp is an online platform that connects people with great local businesses through user-generated reviews and recommendations.

Raised $56,000,000.00 from Elevation Partners.

yelp.com
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LexisNexis

  • Co-Founder, VP Product, Moreover Technologies

    1999 - 2003

    I co-founded Moreover with Nick Denton, (founder Gawker Media), and was head of product. Based in San Francisco and with offices in London and New York. Moreover was the first Internet news aggregator and search engine, providing Yahoo, Microsoft news search. While at Moreover I co-created the RSS standard. Moreover was acquired by Lexis Nexis.

LexisNexis is a data analytics company that provides information solutions and law legal databases to Law and corporate businesses.

Raised $30,000,000.00 from Equivo.

lexisnexis.com
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DC Thomson

  • Co-Founder, VP Product, Origins.net

    1997 - 1998

    Co-founder: Origins Network. London.Leading online Genealogy Service for the UK and Ireland. Origins was acquired by D. C. Thomson

Education 

Investments 

Kindur

Seed

Total funding: $11M

Monax

Seed

Total funding amount not yet available

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