# Dave Nemetz

> Dave Nemetz is a seed investor at Reverb Ventures (Brooklyn) backing Internet and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Reverb Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reverb-ventures)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davenemetz
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/davenemetz
- Website: https://www.davenemetz.com

Dave Nemetz is a seed investor at Reverb Ventures in Brooklyn focused on Internet and Software. Dave Nemetz is Founder of Reverb Ventures. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Southern California.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 44% |
| Software | 4 | 44% |
| Web Design | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| News | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The College Sports Company | The College Sports Company is a sports broadcasting company that produces compelling shows, podcasts, live events, and social media series. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Popularium | Popularium was founded by an all-star team of gaming industry veterans responsible for the largest asset-based games and platforms in history—such as Magic: The Gathering, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, the Halo franchise, and Xbox Live.Popularium started from a simple idea that we shared: What would games look like if they involved thecommunity from an early stage? What if this community had the tools to impact the narrative and create assets of real value from the game? | $2M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Popularium | Popularium was founded by an all-star team of gaming industry veterans responsible for the largest asset-based games and platforms in history—such as Magic: The Gathering, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, the Halo franchise, and Xbox Live.Popularium started from a simple idea that we shared: What would games look like if they involved thecommunity from an early stage? What if this community had the tools to impact the narrative and create assets of real value from the game? | $2M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Spore | Spore develops platform for creators designed to improve their web experience. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| Truffle | Truffle develops an infrastructure creator's platform to enhance the web experience for developers and creators. The platform focuses on providing tools and resources that streamline the development process, enabling users to build, deploy, and manage web applications more efficiently.By offering a suite of features tailored to the needs ofdevelopers, Truffle aims to simplify complex tasks and improve productivity. The platform supports various aspects of web development, including collaboration, version control, and deployment, making it easier for creators to focus on their projects.Truffle's commitment to innovation and user experience positions it as a valuable resource for developers looking to optimize their workflows and enhance their online presence. Through its platform, Truffle seeks to empower creators by providing them with the tools they need to succeed in the digital landscape. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| The Hustle | The Hustle is the most trusted source for business news. We use our no nonsense voice to explain the latest in business, startups, tech, and whatever else is happening in this outlandish world of ours. | $1M | Seed | Mar 13, 2017 |  |
| Siftery | Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations. | $4M | Seed | Feb 02, 2016 |  |
| Zesty | Zesty provides regular office catering to companies in San Francisco and the Peninsula.Curated by in-house dietitians, Zesty works with hundreds of high quality Bay Area restaurants such as Nopalito, Dosa, Souvla, Woodhouse Fish Co., Little Star Pizza, Wise Sons, providing nutrition facts on every dish. Every meal is delivered by Zesty's ownCatering Captains, offering all the reliability and service quality of an in-house caterer as well as the variety of dozens of cuisines. Zesty works with hundreds of companies including Salesforce, Twitch, Uber, Lyft, Github, Everlane and TechCrunch, serving breakfasts, lunches, dinners, happy hours and special events.Zesty is aiming to make a real impact on the world by significantly improving the health of employees. They start by empowering their own own team to live healthfully by offering a gym membership of your choice, on-site sports massage, bi-annual retreats, an open vacation policy...and a kombucha kegerator! They are proud to not just have a work hard, play hard attitude, but strive for first class execution in everything they do.They have raised over $20M in funding top Silicon Valley investors including Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures, SV Angel and Y Combinator. Their office building is located in the sunny Potrero Hill district of San Francisco. | $3.7M | Seed | Mar 25, 2014 |  |
| Robotbase | Robotbase was founded in 2014 by a group of software engineers, hardware engineers, and mechanical designers who set out to prove that robots could become part of our day-to-day lives. Gen X, the World's First Artificial Intelligence Personal Robot is designed to instantly connect to all your connected devices, fitness trackers, locks,switches, outlets and thermostats. By applying advanced AI algorithms on top of all your connected devices, it will keep your home extremely secured. At the same time, it will trim off your energy bills significantly.In addition, Gen X can buy you dinners and automatically track your calories, call you a cab as soon as you leave your office, take a picture immediately when you pose, play the song you love, just when you’re in the mood for it, and much more. | $250K | Seed | Jan 01, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Goat Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goat-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Exit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exit-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Palm Drive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palm-drivecapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pareto Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pareto-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Reverb Ventures

VC Fund

Reverb Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in Web3, creator economy, and community startups.

1 contacts available at Reverb Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dave Nemetz | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-nemetz |

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## FAQ

### What does Dave Nemetz invest in?

Dave Nemetz invests primarily in Internet, Software and Web Design startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dave Nemetz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dave Nemetz closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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