David J. Neff

David J. Neff is a senior-level executive, Venture Capitalist, and serial entrepreneur, who has 23 years of creating experiences that impact consumers' lives across roles in software development, digital product and strategy.

Currently, he serves as an Operating Partner at Ecliptic Capital where he works with portfolio companies on people, process, marketing, strategy, and culture. He spearheads the fund’s concentration on climate change and energy transition as part of Ecliptic Capital’s Deep Tech thesis.

Mr. Neff’s career was built in the early days of the .com era where he led software development, digital product, marketing, and strategy with the American Cancer Society ($1.7B). Mr. Neff then founded and ran his own digital consulting firm before joining an Austin agency that he helped sell to PwC. He then joined the leadership team of another Austin startup where he led digital strategy, built a team, created the go-to-market strategy, sold and delivered on eCommerce and product strategy across a wide range of Fortune 500 clients. He then helped leadership sell this firm to Accenture in 2017 for $30m.