David J. Phillips
Founder of Fondo
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2020 - Current
Fondo is the easy way for your startup to get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS ($21,000 on average).
Fondo helps with bookkeeping and beyond so founders can grow their businesses with more resources.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Next Coast Ventures, TwentyTwo VC, Motley Fool Ventures and Money Forward Venture Partners.
Angel Investor
2016
Invest in startups: Rippling - throw away your new hire checklist Flexport - the modern freight forwarder Liquid Death - Murder your thirst Mystery Science (acq. by Discovery Education) - science book replacement that inspires kids Hackbright Academy (acq. by Capella Education NASDAQ:CPLA) - coding bootcamp for gender equality LendLayer (acq. by Affirm NASDAQ:AFRM) - student loans for accelerated education Sevcon (acq. by BorgWarner NYSE:BWA) - power solutions for zero-emission vehicles & 75+ others
Angel Track
2019 - 2019
First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.
Co-Founder
2018 - 2019
Pivoted to Fondo. BloomJoy created viral editorial content for media companies.
BloomJoy is a safe and curated platform for content syndication between publishers, bloggers, and brands.
Raised $1,310,000.00 from Liquid 2 Ventures, Pi Campus and Y Combinator.
Co-Founder & CEO
2012 - 2016
Acquired by Capella Education (NASDAQ:CPLA) in April 2016. Hackbright is the leading coding bootcamp for gender equality. We have trained over 1,000 software engineers and helped them land jobs with our partners including Slack, Uber, Disney, Pinterest, Lyft, Facebook. We were one of the first coding bootcamps and an industry leader in the accelerated education space.
Founder & CEO
2008 - 2010
Education company bridging the gap between high school and college by connecting high school students with role model tutors.
Public Accountant & Auditor
2009 - 2010
Audit & enterprise risk services team
Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.
Accountant
2008 - 2009
Wrote a program that improved monthly working capital by a few million dollars each month.