Dave Izuka
Education
University of California, Berkeley
BS in Business, Finance and Marketing -Work Experience
Venture Acceleration Services
Current
Venture Acceleration Services
Cresta Partners
2009-01-01 - 2016-01-01
Cresta Partners
HiWire
2007-01-01 - 2009-01-01
HiWire
Venture Catalyst Group
1997-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Venture Catalyst Group
Cambio Networks
1996-01-01 - 1997-01-01
Cambio Networks
Weiss, Peck and Greer, a San Francisco venture capital firm
1995-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Weiss, Peck and Greer, a San Francisco venture capital firm
Venture Catalyst Group
1993-01-01 - 1995-01-01
Venture Catalyst Group
General Magic
1992-01-01 - 1993-01-01
General Magic
TOPS, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems
1991-01-01 - 1992-01-01
TOPS, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems
Adler & Company
1988-01-01 - 1991-01-01
Adler & Company
Skills
Summary
Highlights Dave Izuka is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in venture capital, incubation, venture acceleration, and executive recruiting. He has made significant contributions to many of the most influential and successful hi tech companies in Silicon Valley. Dave has raised significant capital from IPOs, premier venture capital firms and strategic corporate investors. Venture Capital, Incubation, and Venture Acceleration Experience Dave spent 3 years at Adler & Company, a New York VC, and one year with Weiss, Peck & Greer, a San Francisco VC. He ran an incubator for a few years and has been working in Venture Acceleration for the last 10+ years. He currently serves as a Mentor for a number of leading Accelerators including Alchemist Accelerator, One Valley, and previously NewChip Accelerator. His major hits include: - Electronics for Imaging (EFI): helped start and served as CFO of this market leader in color imaging which went public and was later acquired for $3B - Advanced Fibre Communications: prepared key roadmap to support Series A for this telecommunications leader which went public and was acquired for $1B - Rubric, a leader in marketing automation: raised a large Series A led by Menlo Ventures; was acquired for $400M 27 months after the close of the Series A - Streetlight Data (leading provider of geospatial business intelligence and related analytics): incubated company and founder from a dead stop and sourced and recruited key executives including CEO, CTO, and VP of Strategic Partners; company acquired by Jacobs for $200M Consulting and Executive Recruiting Experience: - Cresta Partners (co-founder): completed over 50 executive searches and major consulting projects at Paxata, TidalScale, and GridX - HiWire: partner of this boutique recruiting firm - Venture Catalyst Group: provided Interim CFO and Consulting Services for the following VC backed startups: - Applicast: acquired by Agilera - Blue Chip Expert: cofounder and closed financing of this online placement agency - Cambio Networks: reorganized network management company and closed $6.6M round - CATS: company acquired - Collabria: acquired by HP - CrossCommerce - PlaceWare: web conferencing leader acquired by Microsoft - Rubiconsoft (aka MyBuys): cofounder and company acquired by Magnetic - Teamscape: acquired by Peoplesoft - WorldTalk: internet enabling software; IPO then acquired
