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David is a seasoned venture capitalist and entrepreneur, guiding innovative companies toward success, particularly in the tech and international markets. As Co-Founder and General Partner at DCM, he has played a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of numerous high-profile portfolio companies, spanning sectors like fintech, software, media, and mobile technologies.
David has led DCM investments in Bill.com (NYSE: BILL), BitTorrent (acquired by Tron), Careem (acquired by Uber), DocSend (acquired by Dropbox), eDreams (acquired by TA Associates), Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), Kabu.com (TSE: 8703), Musical.ly (which evolved into TikTok/ByteDance), Recourse Technologies (acquired by Symantec), Sling Media (acquired by EchoStar/Dish Networks), SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), 51job (NASDAQ: JOBS), 99Bill (acquired by Wanda Group), All About Japan, Inc. (JASDAQ: 2454), SMIC (NYSE: SMI), StarFlyer (TSE: 9206), and UCloud (management buyout) among others. His recent DCM investments and Board responsibilities include Assured, Cherry, DXY, EvenUp, Fountain, Figure Technologies, and Musely. David also serves on the Board of Directors of Softbank Group (TSE: 9984) and is a member of the Stanford GSB Trust and the International Advisory Council. He has been listed as one of the top venture capitalists in the U.S. and Asia by Forbes Magazine since 2004 and was named to the Forbes Midas List Hall of Fame in 2016.
Prior to DCM, David was a Co-Founder and acting CFO/CTO of Japan Communications Inc. (TSE: 9424), Japan’s first publicly traded mobile virtual network operator. Previously, David worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco and Tokyo, focused on the technology sector. Earlier in his career, David worked for Apple in Japan and also managed Apple's portfolio of start-up investments in the U.S. Prior to Apple, David was an account executive at Recruit, Japan’s largest HR solutions company. David earned an undergraduate degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from Brown University, and his MBA from Stanford.
The lighter side of David: At the tender age of 13, David was recruited by a renowned Sumo-house in Japan but had the foresight to turn down the offer and fly to the United States and develop his mind instead of his girth. He then dropped out of Brown University’s 7-year medical school program due to excessive vomiting induced by cadavers. Despite his achievement of playing more rounds of golf than any other student in his Stanford Business School class, David had to give up his dream of joining the PGA and resort to being a dedicated fan of anime, a culinary enthusiast, and an audio equipment connoisseur.
Brown University, B.A. with high honors in Economics and East Asian Studies (Anthropology)
Stanford Graduate School of Business, M.B.A.
