David Beisel

Beisel earned a B.A. in economics from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15336373 |title=David Beisel profile|website=Bloomberg}}

In 2010, Beisel co-founded NextView Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in seed-stage technology-driven companies.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/01/16/new_seed_stage_investors_are_finding_fertile_ground_in_internet_start_ups/?page=2|title=New seed stage investors are finding fertile ground in Internet start-ups|first=Scott|last=Kirsner|newspaper=Boston.com |date=January 16, 2011|via=The Boston Globe}}{{cite web|url=https://www.americaninno.com/boston/nextview-ventures-quietly-launches-site-announces-advisors-investments/|title=NextView Ventures Quietly Launches Site, Announces Advisors & Investments|author= Gregory Gomer|date=17 January 2011|website=americaninno.com|access-date=3 October 2023}} In 2022, NextView raised $200 million across its two most recent investment funds.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/nextview-ventures-new-200-million-fund-comes-with-a-side-of-san-francisco/|title=NextView Ventures' new $200 million fund comes with a slice of San Francisco|first=Natasha|last=Mascarenhas|date=October 11, 2022}} Beisel's investments through NextView have included companies such as Code Climate,{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/business/code-climate-a-set-of-digital-eyes-to-inspect-your-code-brings-in-2m/|title=Code Climate, a set of digital eyes to inspect your code, brings in $2M|date=September 18, 2014}} BookBub,{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/galleycat/bookbub-has-raised-3-8m-in-funding/86322|title=BookBub Has Raised $3.8M in Funding|date=May 1, 2014|website=www.adweek.com}} thredUP, The Nudge,{{Cite web|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2019/9-month-service-uses-text-messages-help-people-explore-city-just-launched-seattle/|title=This $9/month service uses text messages to help people explore their city and just launched in Seattle – GeekWire|accessdate=3 October 2023}} and TapCommerce.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/tapcommerce-funding/|title=With $1.2M In Funding, TapCommerce Aims To Bring Ad Retargeting To Smartphones|first=Anthony|last=Ha|date=June 10, 2013}} Some of these companies have been acquired or have been listed on stock exchanges. Notable acquisitions or public listings include TapCommerce's acquisition by Twitter for $100 million,{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/30/twitter-acquires-tapcommerce/|title=Twitter Confirms Acquisition Of Mobile Ad Retargeting Startup TapCommerce|first=Anthony|last=Ha|date=June 30, 2014}} Parsec's acquisition by Unity for $320 million,{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/10/unity-to-acquire-parsec-in-its-biggest-acquisition-to-date/|title=Unity to acquire Parsec in its biggest acquisition to date|first=Greg|last=Kumparak|date=August 10, 2021}} TripleLift's acquisition by Vista Equity Partners for $1.4 billion,{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/media/triplelift-to-sell-majority-stake-to-vista-equity-partners-for-1-4-billion/|title=TripleLift to Sell Majority Stake to Vista Equity Partners for $1.4 Billion|first=Ronan|last=Shields|date=March 29, 2021|website=www.adweek.com}} and thredUP going public with a $1.3 billion IPO.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/thredup-fetches-1-3-billion-value-in-ipo-11616761017|title=ThredUp's Stock Jumps 30% in Market Debut|first=Charity L.|last=Scott|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=March 26, 2021|via=www.wsj.com}}

Before co-founding NextView Ventures, Beisel founded Sombasa Media, known for its service, BargainDog, which was later acquired by About.com.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/20/technology/online-shopper-let-someone-else-look-for-bargains.html|title=ONLINE SHOPPER; Let Someone Else Look for Bargains|first=Michelle|last=Slatalla|work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2000|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/About.com-buys-online-marketing-firm/2100-12_3-265237.html|title=About.com buys online marketing firm – CNET News|date=February 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205134250/http://news.cnet.com/About.com-buys-online-marketing-firm/2100-12_3-265237.html |archive-date=2015-02-05 }} He also served as a vice president at Venrock, a venture capital firm formed to build upon the successful investing activities of the Rockefeller family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/venrock-gets-genuine-vc/|title=Venrock Gets Genuine VC|first=Dan|last=Primack|date=May 8, 2007}}

Beisel is credited with developing the concept of social commerce to denote user-generated advertorial content on e-commerce sites.[http://socialcommercetoday.com/social-commerce-definition-word-cloud-definitive-definition-list/ Social Commerce Defined]. Socialcommercetoday.com. He is also the founder of Boston Innovators Group, formerly known as WebInno, an organization that connects the local startup and entrepreneurship communities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/04/04/webinno-helping-promote-thriving-tech-ecosystem-boston/Jz71ixmKFhni5C4liWwLNJ/story.html|title=Staying was worth WebInno's investment – The Boston Globe|website=BostonGlobe.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/inno/stories/news/2015/11/20/heres-who-we-spotted-at-the-1st-boston-innovators.html|title=Here's Who We Spotted at the 1st Boston Innovators Group Meetup (Photos)|work=Bostinno|date=20 November 2015|via=bizjournals.com}}

Beisel was included in Business Insider 's The Seed 100 in 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/seed-100-top-early-stage-vc-investors-2021-4|title=The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2021|first=Margaux MacColl, Melia Russell, Candy Cheng, and Michael|last=Haley|website=Business Insider}} 2022,{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/seed-100-best-early-stage-investors-2022-5|title=The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors|first=Melia Russell, Ben Bergman, April Joyner, Emily Quiles, Madeline Renbarger, Kazi|last=Awal|website=Business Insider}} 2023,{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/100-best-early-stage-seed-vc-investors-startups-2023-5|title=The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2023|first=Julie Bort, Samantha Stokes, Ben Bergman, April Joyner, Stephanie Palazzolo, Darius Rafieyan, Madeline Renbarger, Melia|last=Russell|website=Business Insider}} and 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/seed-100-best-early-stage-vc-investors-2024-5|title=The Seed 100: The best early-stage VC investors of 2024|first=Melia Russell, Samantha Stokes, Margaux MacColl, Ben Bergman, and Stephanie|last=Palazzolo|website=Business Insider}} He was also ranked on the Boston Globe's list of Tech Power Players in 2023.

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