David Baum
Board Member at Harvard Innovation Lab
Miami, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Baum is a veteran venture investor and technologist who has launched and led Stage 1 Ventures since 2006 after 26 years in technology finance and entrepreneurial operating roles. He has led or co-led investments in over 30 companies across cloud, mobile, AI, EV ecosystems and sustainability-focused advanced technologies, including exits like Carbonite and Paydiant and early backing of names such as Splunk. A Harvard MBA and Drexel computer science graduate (first in his class), David blends deep technical grounding with deal-sourcing and board-level governance, and he also founded later-stage and sustainable tech funds to accelerate the low-carbon economy. He mentors founders at Harvard Innovation Lab and supports regional entrepreneurship as a venture partner at Converge and a longtime investor with Common Angels, reflecting a hands-on, network-driven approach. Based in Miami, he pairs an engineer’s curiosity with a financier’s discipline and a notable streak of constructing funds and companies that bridge cutting-edge tech and social impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Drexel UniversityMBA Entrepreneurial Finance, MBA Entrepreneurial Finance at Harvard Business School
Spanish
Github Skills (8)
mysql2
aio2
android-client2
sasl2
combine2
server2
php1
android1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mortorqrobotics/morteam-android
Jun 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:111 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
android-clientandroid
NoodlesStudios/Pong4Xtreme
Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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