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David Horowitz
Lecturer at University of Michigan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
David Horowitz is the Founder & CEO of Touchdown Ventures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a background in corporate venture capital and strategic partnerships. He has held notable roles at Comcast Ventures and Genacast Ventures, investing in companies like SnagFilms and Integrate.
Horowitz has an impressive track record of investing in various sectors such as Advertising, Education, and FinTech, with successful investments in companies like Integrate and Videology.
Work Experience
Lecturer
2024 - Current
Teaching Finance 430: Entrepreneurial Finance (venture capital/private equity) to undergraduate BBA students
Founder & CEO
2014
Touchdown manages venture capital funds for large corporations. Touchdown was recognized by Global Corporate Venturing for having both established and managed the most corporate venture funds to date. We currently partner with over twenty large corporations including Kellogg's, T-Mobile US, Avery Dennison, Cencora (Formerly AmerisourceBergen), INX, Agthia, Erie Insurance, Braskem, Growmark, CHS, Allegion, Colorcon, Masco, and TEGNA, among several others.
Touchdown Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that partners with corporations to invest in early and growth-stage companies.
Board Member
2023
Non-profit organization that operates the College Football Hall of Fame and promotes amateur football.
President
2020
Creator and publisher of the board game Frequent Flyer: www.frequentflyergame.com
Partner
2000 - 2014
Venture capital arm of Comcast Corporation and NBC Universal Helped to start Genacast Ventures, a seed stage venture capital fund affiliated with Comcast Ventures
Comcast is a global media and technology company.
Board Member
2013 - 2014
Cybersecurity threat detection and monitoring for social networks. Founded by veteran cybersecurity team that started Ciphent.
ZeroFox provides external cybersecurity solutions to help organizations identify, manage, and mitigate social media-based cyber threats.
Raised $324,200,000.00 from Monarch Alternative Capital, Corbin Capital Partners, James Foster, Highland Capital Partners, The Blue Venture Fund, Alsop Louie Partners, Victory Park Capital, Forgepoint Capital, New Enterprise Associates and Peloton Equity.
Partner
2013 - 2014
Seed stage fund affiliated with Comcast Ventures. Genacast focuses on technology centric early stage investments in the Northeast corridor.
Board Observer
2012 - 2014
Leading marketplace for performance advertising. Started by Jeremy Bloom (former Olympic athlete and NFL football player).
Board Observer
2011 - 2014
Mobile, social monetization platform. Company originally incubated by IdeaLab and Bill Gross
Board Member
2011 - 2014
Leading aggregation of independent films for digital distribution. Company was founded by Ted Leonsis, former Vice Chairman of AOL and owner of Washington Wizards and Capitals.
Education
BBA
1994 - 1998
Investments
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