David S. Rose

David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur, and financial technology investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York”, and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley". He is the New York Times best-selling author of both Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups, and The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business.

As an entrepreneurial executive, David is the Founder and CEO of the US Real Estate Market. He is also the Founder and Executive Chairman of Gust, which operates the world's largest online platform and community for entrepreneurs and early-stage investors. David is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels; and Managing Partner of Rose Tech Ventures. He is Associate Founder and Founding Track Chair for Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics of Singularity University, and chairs the Venture Capital committee of the Real Estate Board of NY.

David was the initial investor and Chairman of the Board of JUMP Bikes, acquired by Uber; Comixology, acquired by Amazon; Pond5, acquired by Accel; and Panjiva, acquired by S&P Global. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of AI pioneer Thinkable AI, and BookitNGo, a travel platform applying AI and blockchain technology to the hospitality industry.

David has been profiled by BusinessWeek as "The Pitch Coach" and his TEDtalk on How to Pitch a VC has been viewed over a million times. His writings have been featured in Inc. magazine, Huffington Post, Slate, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. David is a frequent lecturer at business schools including Yale, Harvard, and Columbia, and he was named Mentor of the Year by NYU's Stern School of Business.