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David Samuel

Founder of Toi Labs

San Francisco, California

Overview 

David Samuel is the Founding General Partner at Freestyle.vc in San Francisco, California, specializing in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and angel investing. With a background in founding and leading successful startups like Brondell Inc. and Spinner.com, he has invested in notable companies such as Mercator AI and Glow, focusing on sectors like AI, e-commerce, and social networks.

Work Experience 

  • Founding General Partner

    2008 - Current

    Freestyle.vc is an SF-based, early-stage venture capital firm. Seed investors in Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, Snapdocs, Narvar, Digit, BetterUp and many other great companies!

Freestyle is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies.

  • Co-Founder Chairman

    2018

    Analyze waste before it is flushed down the toilet ...

Toi Labsa is a healthcare technology organisation that provides bathroom technology.

  • Founder Chairman

    2003 - 2010

    In late 2003, David co-founded Brondell, the first American-based company to develop high-tech toilet seats. David currently serves as Chairman of the Board. The company has raised $1.5 million from Angels, including a round led by Mark Cuban. Cleaning up America, one seat at a time :)

  • Founder President

    2003 - 2008

    Create, Share, Watch Video on the Internet. In Aug 2006, Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased the company for $65mm.

Crackle is a movie streaming website that enables users to watch free movies and television shows.

  • Founder, CEO

    1996 - 2000

    In early 2006, David was founder and CEO of Spinner.com, the first and largest Internet music service. In May 1999, AOL acquired the firm for $320 million. During Spinner’s growth, David employed and managed 75 personnel at Spinner, and raised $15 million from Sony Music Entertainment, Intel, Amerindo, and several others. From May 1999 to June 2000, Mr. Samuel worked as Vice President of Technology for AOL. It is now AOL Radio and AOL has created launched a music blog on Spinner.com.

  • Software Engineer

    1994 - 1996

Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.

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