David Yakobovitch
General Partner at DataPower Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2020 - Current
Invests in early stage data economy startups (Applied AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, Infra, and DeepTech ventures) Contact: david@datapower.vc Portfolio: OpenAI, Tabula, Naya Studio, Asset Dash, AppliedXL, Ash Wellness, Grin Gaming, Groopit, Keys, Dataplor, Cactivate, Nomad Data, Revelio Labs, Mosea, Clearforce, Bazze, Intrro, Plannuh, UrsaLeo, Paragon Intel, Balloon, Embodied, Levels.fyi, Answerable, OpenAxis, Earthsense, Vera, Weavy, Fakespot (Acq. Mozilla)
Invests in founders who are building at the cross-section of Applied AI or DeepTech software products in the Data, ML, and AI ecosystems.
Founder
2020
Powering Tech Connections: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity in NYC, SF & LA
Podcast Host
2019
Leading Responsible AI (rAI) podcast Featured experts including: Chris Van Pelt (Weights & Biases), Edo Liberty (Pinecone), Ashu Garg (EightfoldAI), Claire Leibowicz (Harvard University), Jordan Tigani (Google), Robert Scoble, Nikita Shamgunov (SingleStore), Gideon Mendels (CometML), Eric Adams (NYC Mayor), Lex Sokolin
Investor
2024
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT.
Raised $21,900,120,000.00 from Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, HSBC and Santander.
Executive Member
2024
Pavilion is a private membership for high-growth leaders to achieve their professional potential.
Raised $25,000,000.00 from Elephant.
Investor
2021
Investor
2021
Nomad Data helps companies become data enabled. We make it easy to find external data to meet any of your business challenges.
Raised $4,800,000.00 from Bloomberg Beta, Flair Ventures, Firat Isbecer, Mike Montero, Correlation Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, Castor Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Struck Capital and Geek Ventures.
Investor
2021
Revelio Labs provides an in-depth view into the workforces of companies around the world.
Raised $19,000,000.00 from K20 Fund, Barclays Corporate Banking, Alumni Ventures, Techstars, BDMI and Elephant.
Global Product Lead
2022 - 2023
Ads Data Products (Data Intelligence, Data Management, Data Engine, Internal Tools) and Responsible AI (Trust & Safety, AI Policy, Data Literacy for LLMs)
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Senior Manager, Technical Enablement
2020 - 2022
Global Technical Enablement for Data Scientists and Data Engineers. From Series C to Series F
SingleStore is a provider of a database for operational analytics and cloud-native applications.
Raised $464,100,000.00 from Prosperity7 Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners, Sanabil, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, IBM Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Google Ventures and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.