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David Roebuck

Partner at TRGC

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

David Roebuck is an Early Stage Investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a background in social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, and leadership. He has held key roles at TRGC, Wave Digital Assets, and Sora Ventures, investing in companies like Colossal Biosciences and Evertas in sectors such as Space, Payments, and FinTech. Roebuck's career highlights include co-founding Initware, LLC as CEO and Advocates for World Health as COO, as well as making strategic investments in startups like LayerZero Labs and CoinRoutes.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    TRGC is a research-driven investment firm that takes a hands-on approach and invests in innovative digital assets, crypto companies and protocols.

  • Principal

    2021 - 2022

    I led the early-stage investment practice and the day-to-day management of cFund (anchored by Charles Hoskinson, Founder of Cardano) and Wave Genesis (Wave Digital Assets's flagship venture fund).

Wave Digital Assets is a digital asset management company that combines venture capital, funds, and wealth management.

  • Business Development Manager

    2020 - 2020

    I was a Business Development Manager in a role that involved Corporate Development and Special Situations.

Tron is a decentralized content entertainment protocol based on blockchain technology.

  • Principal

    2018 - 2019

    Sora Ventures is Asia's first crypto-backed venture capital firm dedicated to blockchain and digital currency investments. I was a part of the original team that launched the fund. Select Transaction Experience: Urbit, Tari, Fuel Games (Immutable), Numerai, ContentBox, Plair, and Mainframe.

  • Investment Analyst

    2017 - 2018

    The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) is the manager of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory. The mission of CASIS is to maximize use of this unparalleled platform for innovation to benefit life on Earth. Select Transaction Experience: Akash Systems.

ISS National Lab is a space research company that enables commercial, academic, and government in space research development access.

  • Analyst, DFJ Dragon Fund

    2014 - 2017

    Sector agnostic early stage fund that looks for companies with innovative technologies and business models with market appeal in the US and in China. The 3rd fund rebranded to DraperDragon. I wrote analysis and due diligence reports, and presented research results to a General Partner and a Managing Director. Select Transaction Experience: Verse, OTI Lumionics, TigerGraph, Sentieon, Kubos, AIsense, Frisbee.

  • CEO, Co-Founder

    2013 - 2013

    Initware, LLC is a for-profit organization in the clean tech space. Initware was founded to provide a faster and more effective method of triaging and sorting through e-waste for electronic recyclers. Developed SaaS platform and led company to an acquisition.

  • COO, Co-Founder

    2009 - 2013

    Advocates for World Health (AWH) is a 501(c)(3) corporation that recovers surplus medical products and distributes them to relief agencies working in developing nations, thus assisting underserved patients and reducing medical waste. Advocates now collects $7M+ in revenue per year.

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