The Making Of A Venrock Venture Capitalist – with David Pakman

David Pakman, Venrock, Funding, Networking

 

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Venrock is the pioneering venture capital firm that backed Apple, Intel, DoubleClick and other well-known success stories. I invited one of its newer partners, David Pakman, to find out how he went from working for Apple, to launching and running his own companies to becoming an investor.

I also wanted to hear how a new venture capitalist gets to know people like you, the entrepreneurs and investors who read Mixergy.

David Pakman

Venrock

David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock in NYC investing in early stage internet and digital media companies.

 

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