David Pakman is a Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investments at CoinFund, focused on leading the firm’s venture investing activities. David has been a venture capitalist for more than 17 years and has been investing in crypto since 2017. He has overseen investments in such exciting crypto projects as Ether.Fi, Li.Fi, Veda, and sits on the board of Dapper Labs. His areas of investment focus in crypto have been infrastructure, developer tools, DeFi, and emerging onchain consumer applications like real-money gaming. David is widely recognized for his track record and thought leadership in crypto, consumer, and enterprise technology investing. During his 13 years at Venrock he led the Series A round and sits on the board of Dapper Labs, led the Series A and B rounds of Dollar Shave Club (sold to Unilever for $1B), and led early-stage investments in robotics, AI, consumer and carbon removal tech companies. He personally invested in Coinbase prior to their IPO and was named the 55th top venture capitalist in the world by CB Insights. Prior to CoinFund, David was a partner at venture capital firm Venrock, co-founder of Myplay, CEO of eMusic and the co-founder of Apple’s Music Group. David is a graduate and a former member of the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science with a degree in Computer Science Engineering.
