Office
New York
Hometown
Irvine, CA
Residence
Brooklyn, NY
David Yang
Advisor
“We are living in such incredible times, where technology has become ubiquitous and holds the potential to improve and fix so many old ways of doing things. As a tech investor, I’m energized by that, and I feel so fortunate to get the chance to see these changes up close and lend a hand.”
Office
New York
Hometown
Irvine,
CA
Residence
Brooklyn,
NY
David grew up in the sunny suburbs of Southern California, where everything was a different shade of beige. He went to school in Philly, to see the seasons change and get some history, and found his way to the tech world after college, starting his investing career at TA Associates.
After an MBA at Stanford, David joined Warburg Pincus to invest in growth tech companies. He then helped lead public and private tech investing for Access Industries, a large global industrial group in NY. David joined Activant to focus again on growth tech investing and to help build a long-lasting investment firm.
Education
MBA
Stanford Graduate School of Business
BS Econ, BA
University of Pennsylvania
Role
How David supports portfolio companies
Providing strategic advice and industry insights
Identifying partnership and business development opportunities
Research
Relevant Experiences
Access Technology Ventures / Access Industries
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Responsibilities
David helped lead Access's tech investment effort. His investments include Agora, Amazon, Chime, Digital Ocean, Facebook, HaoQiPei, Opendoor, PinDuoDuo, Snap, Tencent Music, Yelp, and 58.com.
About Access Technology Ventures / Access Industries
Access Technology Ventures is the $2.5B+ private and public technology investment effort for Access Industries, a $20B+ global investment platform.
Warburg Pincus
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Responsibilities
Based in the San Francisco office, David covered ecommerce enablement, healthcare IT, and enterprise software. He invested in and sat on the board of Slickdeals, the largest consumer-driven deal sharing platform in the U.S.
About Warburg Pincus
New York-based global growth equity firm, with 50 year history and $58B+ AUM.