David Booth
Entrepreneur in Residence, Blackbird Ventures at Blackbird Ventures
Hosts Diaspora NZ with David Booth
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About
David Booth is an entrepreneur in residence at Blackbird Ventures, based in Auckland, where he makes early-stage investments and builds initiatives to grow New Zealand's tech ecosystem. He previously co-founded and led On Deck, a network for founders that raised roughly US$100 million and helped more than 1,000 companies raise over US$2.5 billion, and held roles at AngelList and Carta driving investment operations and international growth. Booth hosts the Day One show Diaspora NZ, interviewing New Zealand founders and operators building companies abroad.
Career
- Now Entrepreneur in Residence · Blackbird Ventures
- 2018–2023 · Startup Co-founder & CEO, later Chairman · On Deck
- From 2018 · Startup First hire · CoinList
- From 2017 · Scale-up Led international product, opened London office · Carta
- Earlier · Startup Early operations hire · AngelList
- Earlier Associate · Sparkbox/GD1
- Earlier Intern · Movac
- From 2013 Entrepreneur in Residence · Lightning Lab
- Earlier · Startup Co-founder · MeatMail
Sources: blackbird.vc
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