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Singularity University, Associate Founder,
Track Chair, Finance & Entrepreneurship

David S. Rose, described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering entrepreneur” is a technology visionary and investor who has founded or funded over 75 pioneering companies that are helping to define the future. An Inc. 500 CEO heralded by Crain’s New York Business as a “Top Dog in Tech,” he is a dynamic keynote speaker on the topics of future technology, venture investing, entrepreneurship and presentation skills.

From his initial involvement with the first online communities in the 1970s, through founding one of the first personal computer training companies in the 1980s, one of the first wireless data information networks in the 1990s, and the first global angel investing platform in the 2000s, David has consistently been at the forefront of innovation in both business and technology.

Among the fields in which he has been actively involved as an executive, board member or investor are: wireless communications, technology-enhanced real estate, consumer electronics, international finance, social networking, space tourism, user-generated content, robotic pets, online video, mobile network security, biological testing, electronic music, citizen journalism, out-of-home advertising, fiber-optic networking, concierge medicine, online marketing, interactive voice response, and many others.

David is Chairman and CEO of Angelsoft, which operates the international standard collaboration platform for early stage angel investing; Managing Principal of Rose Tech Ventures, one of the country’s leading seed stage investors; Chairman of New York Angels, the largest and most active angel investment group on the East Coast; Chairman of private equity firm Egret Capital Partners; and Track Chair for Finance and Entrepreneurship at Singularity University, the Google/NASA sponsored graduate program train the next generation of technology leaders.

He is a member of the boards of directors of KoolSpan, Inc., Panjiva, Pond5, Comixology and Magnify Networks. He also serves as an active early stage investor in companies including Ambient Devices, BioScale, CE Interactive, DropIO, eJamming, Mashery, Metaphor Solutions, Space Adventures, VideoEgg and over four 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 an Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale University, a member of the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board of Columbia Business School, and a Lifetime Professional Member of the World Future Society.