# Dave Yuan

> Dave Yuan is a Series B investor at TCV (Palo Alto) backing Software and SaaS. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TCV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technology-crossover-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Sep 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daveyuan
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/davelyuan

Dave Yuan is a Series B investor at TCV in Palo Alto focused on Software and SaaS. David Yuan joined TCV in 2005, and is a General Partner focusing on software, internet, and information services. David currently serves on the boards of Act-On, AppNexus, Merkle, Sitecore and Siteminder.com and his other active investments include Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and OSIsoft. David's prior board directorships include ExactTarget(NYSE: ET, acquired by Salesforce.com) and Seismic Micro Technology (acquired by IHS). Prior investments include RenRen (NYSE: RENN), Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) and Tinyprints (acquired by SFLY). David has been recognized by AlwaysOn's VC 100 and multiple times by Forbes Magazine's "Midas List" of the top 100 technology investors. Prior to joining TCV, David was an investment professional with JPMorgan Partners, a global private equity firm, and a management consultant in the San Francisco office of Bain & Company. In addition, David held consulting or short term roles at SAP, Vmware, and Kong Zhong (NASDAQ: Kong, Beijing). David received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. David also serves on the Advisory Board of East Palo Alto Charter School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 32% |
| SaaS | 6 | 24% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 12% |
| Travel | 2 | 8% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 20% |
| Series D | 4 | 16% |
| Private Equity | 3 | 12% |
| Series E | 2 | 8% |
| Series F | 2 | 8% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 40% |
| Australia | 2 | 8% |
| China | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adaptive Real Estate | Adaptive Real Estate helps construction teams save time and money. Lots of it. | $30M | Series B | Sep 17, 2026 | https://www.adaptive.build/ |
| Moab | Modern cloud-based platform to manage equipment rental and dealer tasks like inventory, orders, billing, service, and analytics. | $8M | Series A | Feb 17, 2026 | https://www.trymoab.com/ |
| Onfly | Corporate travel plataform | $40M | Series B | Apr 15, 2025 | https://www.onfly.com.br |
| Karbon | Karbon provides an enterprise workstream collaboration platform that allows a team to contribute more productively to an organization’s mission, with shared, streamlined workflows, automated tasks, and standardized processes. It provides visibility across an entire firm, unites teams with a single place to work together and standardize processesand consolidate client information in one place.Karbon was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Sausalito, California. | $66M | Series B | Feb 08, 2022 | http://karbonhq.com |
| SiteMinder | SiteMinder is the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, ranked among technology pioneers for opening up every hotel’s access to online commerce. It’s this central role that has earned SiteMinder the trust of tens of thousands of hotels, across 150 countries, to sell, market, manage and grow their business. The global company, headquarteredin Sydney with offices in Bangkok, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila, generated more than 100 million reservations worth over US$35 billion in revenue for hotels in the last year prior to the start of the pandemic. | $65.3M |  | Sep 14, 2021 | https://www.siteminder.com/ |
| SiteMinder | SiteMinder is the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, ranked among technology pioneers for opening up every hotel’s access to online commerce. It’s this central role that has earned SiteMinder the trust of tens of thousands of hotels, across 150 countries, to sell, market, manage and grow their business. The global company, headquarteredin Sydney with offices in Bangkok, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila, generated more than 100 million reservations worth over US$35 billion in revenue for hotels in the last year prior to the start of the pandemic. | $73.2M | Series D | Sep 14, 2021 | https://www.siteminder.com/ |
| Act-On Software | Act-On Software is a developer of a cloud-based integrated marketing platform for midsized businesses. It provides an integrated workspace to address the needs of the customer experience, from brand awareness and demand generation to retention and loyalty. With Act-On, marketers can drive better business outcomes and see higher customer lifetimevalue. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 18, 2021 | http://www.act-on.com |
| Wealthsimple | Wealthsimple offers financial tools to help investors grow and manage their money. Wealthsimple builds a diversified portfolio of ETFs on the investors' behalf and guides them in achieving their financial goals. Wealthsimple is backed by a team of world-class financial experts. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | $83.4M | Private Equity | Oct 14, 2020 | https://www.wealthsimple.com/ |
| Wealthsimple | Wealthsimple offers financial tools to help investors grow and manage their money. Wealthsimple builds a diversified portfolio of ETFs on the investors' behalf and guides them in achieving their financial goals. Wealthsimple is backed by a team of world-class financial experts. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | $86.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 14, 2020 | https://www.wealthsimple.com/ |
| Toast | Toast is an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform for businesses in the foodservice and hospitality space. As a cloud-based system built specifically for restaurants, Toast offers advanced functionality including tableside ordering, quick menu modifications, real-time enterprise reporting, online ordering, and labor managementon an easy-to-use interface. The company powers successful restaurants by combining point of sale, front of house, back of house, and guest-facing technology with an unequaled commitment to customer success. It enables the community of restaurateurs to delight guests and thrive.Toast was founded on 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. | $400M | Series F | Feb 14, 2020 | https://pos.toasttab.com |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TA Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ta-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [T. Rowe Price](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/t-rowe-price) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About TCV

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

TCV provides capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry. It also provides management teams with data-driven insights, sector expertise, access to world-class talent, and connections with category leaders. Founded in 1995, the Silicon Valley-headquartered firm has invested more than $14 billion in over 350growth-stage technology companies to date. Some of its most prominent portfolio company exits include Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, Peloton, and Zillow.

5 contacts available at TCV.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Wortmann | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-wortmann |
| Amol Helekar | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amol-helekar |
| Clarey Zhu | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clarey-zhu |
| David Zhang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-zhang-489c |
| Doug Gilstrap | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-gilstrap |

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## FAQ

### What does Dave Yuan invest in?

Dave Yuan invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series B and Series D stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dave Yuan?

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### When did Dave Yuan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dave Yuan closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 25 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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