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David Pickerell

Founder of GigSafe

San Francisco, California

Overview 

David Pickerell is the CEO of GigSafe and Para, as well as an investor at Yes VC, specializing in seed and pre-seed investments in retail, e-commerce, and consumer internet sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in leading operations and logistics at Uber, David has successfully founded and led multiple start-up ventures, including GigSafe and Para, while also making strategic investments in early-stage companies like Sway.

Work Experience 

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GigSafe

  • Founder & CEO

    2023 - Current

    Ambitious delivery providers grow with GigSafe - the modern third-party administrator for businesses that engage independent contractors. Purpose built to help you launch new markets in days, not weeks, our technology drastically improves driver time-to-contract, automates back-office operations, and enables compliance to win deals and meet contract requirements with your expanding customer base. If you care about onboarding drivers faster, paying drivers quicker, staying compliant, and improving your margins, email me at david@gigsafe.com

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Para - For Drivers

  • Co-founder & CEO

    2020

    Gig drivers use Para to get all their work pings in one place and unlock new work. Companies use Para to hire the right drivers instantly.

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Yes VC

  • Early Stage Investor

    2019

    Early-stage investments (Dapper, Superhuman, Hipcamp, Lovevery, OneSignal, Kickstarter...), based in San Francisco. I focus on the gig economy, marketplaces, tooling and infrastructure, operations, and the supply chain.

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NAUTO

  • Business Operations Lead

    2017 - 2018

    Our vehicle sensors have enabled the largest commercial fleets in the world to avoid more than 70,000 collisions. I built out business ops and helped the CEO raise $159M from Greylock and Softbank.

Nauto is a transportation company that provides an AI-enabled fleet and driver safety tool to help detect and prevent distracted driving.

Raised $173,850,000.00 from Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs.

nauto.com
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Uber

  • Lead Operations and Logistics Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Set up Uber's Las Vegas operation - one of our largest and most profitable cities in the U.S.

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.

Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.

uber.com
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Las Vegas Sands Corp.

  • Senior Analyst

    2013 - 2015

    Investor relations, financial analysis, China coverage

Education 

Investments 

Sway

Pre Seed

Total funding: $20M

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