DavidSRose

Described as “the Father of Angel Investing in New York” by Crain’s New York Business and a “world conquering entrepreneur” by BusinessWeek, David S. Rose is a serial entrepreneur and Inc 500 CEO who is Chairman of New York Angels, one of the most active and fastest-growing angel investment groups in the country.

In 2001, after careers in real estate development, Internet technology and the US government, David founded Rose Tech Ventures, which has provided capital and management expertise to over four dozen promising early stage companies. Today, he is one of the country’s most active technology angel investors.

Dubbed by BusinessWeek “The Pitch Coach” for his ability to help entrepreneurs perfect their fundraising skills, he is a frequent speaker at business schools including Harvard, Yale, Columbia and NYU. As a regular lecturer for New York’s Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation he has taught the Venture Financing and Deal Negotiation section of the FasTrak Tech courses since 1997.

David is Chairman and CEO of Angelsoft, which operates the international standard collaboration platform for early stage equity investing; Chairman of Ambient Devices, the premier bit-trickling wireless network; and a member of the boards of KoolSpan, Inc., CE Interactive, Panjiva, and Magnify Networks. He also serves as an active early stage investor in companies including BioScale, eJamming, Goodmail, LinkStorm, Zero-G, Now Public, Mashery, Storm Risk Solutions, Design2Launch, and over three dozen other early stage ventures.

A native New Yorker, David has a BA from Yale and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. He is a graduate of the New York City public school system and Horace Mann High School. He is profiled in Marquis Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in Business and Industry.